C++ man pages in Ubuntu

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In Ubuntu linux I can't get any man pages for C++ keywords. Is there some kind of package I can install to fix this?

superset http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5293737/where-are-the-man-pages-for-c — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Dec 04 '16 at 21:14

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '10 at 08:58

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sudo apt-get install manpages-dev glibc-doc

Look here too for STL.

answered May 22 '10 at 08:58

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The command given here only installs C documentation, not C++. – Brent Bradburn Jun 22 '13 at 18:08
Any examples with `man` after that please?? I failed to find for e.g. `man std::sort` or `man printf` – Loves Probability Jun 10 '17 at 09:49

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '12 at 06:03

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check out this project: https://github.com/Aitjcize/cppman Which generates manpages from cplusplus.com

answered Sep 19 '12 at 06:03

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '11 at 09:45

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The libstdc++6-4.4-doc will install the man pages for STL too, not only the HTML doc. The manpages-posix-dev package is also really good to have.

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It's interesting that this exists, but the online documentation is *much* easier to use: http://www.cplusplus.com or http://en.cppreference.com. – Brent Bradburn Jun 22 '13 at 18:11

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 22 '10 at 08:58

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You must install manpages-dev package :

$ sudo apt-get install manpages-dev

answered May 22 '10 at 08:58

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 22 '10 at 10:58

You could also consider installing libstdc++6-4.4-doc, which installs the full C++ library documentation in HTML format, generated from the doxygen comments (you can find it in /usr/share/doc/libstdc++6-4.4-doc/libstdc++/html/index.html, and I think that scrollkeeper indexes it). Remember to install the updated package when the installed g++ version changes.

C++ man pages in Ubuntu

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