Title: HowTo: Read The Fine Manual...
Description: Finding the sources of documentation

• Use YaST to install the Admin Guide and the User Guide, these are pdf files stored in /usr/share/doc/manual - but through Yast you can install to /usr/share/doc/Books the Linux System Administrator Guide (SAG), Network Admin Guide (NAG)

• For a command in the console you can type either:

or


These are different - and so may be useful. KDE users can type man://commandname or info://commandname in Konqueror. The procedure is similar for the Gnome Help Browser.

• You can use apropos which is a command line tool that searches the man (manual) pages for

descriptions that match what you type after it.
such as:

• Using Konqueror you can browse through /usr/share/doc/Packages where installed software often leaves its documentation and help files.

• In Konqueror F1 calls up the help pages.

These are just a quick smattering of the different ways to find help in Linux. I invite people to add extra ways to this HowTo via the discussion page.

Sources:
SuSE Linux 9.2

Credits:
http://www.suse.com∞

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