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haziz
Asked: 2019-12-26 05:28:17 +0800 CST

Location and Nature of "*-doc" Documentation?

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While installing software using apt, I am often offered "software-doc" as a recommended adjunct to install. Presumably this provides some documentation for the software. For example, when installing mit-scheme, I am offered mit-scheme-doc as a recommended additional install.

I usually do opt to install the documentation, only to never see or hear from it again! Where does the "*-doc" documentation go, what is it's nature, and how do I tap into it?

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    As you can see here https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/all/mit-scheme-doc/filelist mit-scheme-doc installs documentation.

    You can also see this list by

    dpkg -L mit-scheme-doc

    If you open /usr/share/doc/mit-scheme-doc/html/index.html in a browser, you'll be able to read it.

    There are also some pdf files in /usr/share/doc/mit-scheme-doc/pdf directory available.

    Regarding other -doc packages, you can check what they install by

    dpkg -L <package name>

    Generally documentation is installed to /usr/share/doc directory.

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