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daisy
Asked: 2012-07-25 06:41:06 +0800 CST

Where is the man page for "pthread_mutex_lock"?

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I can't find the manual for pthread_mutex_lock with man pthread_mutex_lock, is that something wrong with manpages-dev ? I got that package installed, but missing some manual.

Should I fire a bug to Ubuntu ?

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6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The documentation for pthreads is in the glibc-doc package.

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  2. Ubuntu (and Debian) include the desired man pages in the manpages-posix-dev package.

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  3. Just for completeness, here a version we can enjoy in our web-browser:

    http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/man3/pthread_mutex_lock.3.html

    I know, links might get outdated, but if we feed our search-engine we will get a lot of alternative links which deliver the desired information.

    Advantage: Better readability, comfortability with use in GUI. We don't need to install anything.

    Disadvantage: Requires Internet connection (at least for the time we need to download the site).

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  4. Just install the glibc-doc package, the missing man pages will be there:

    sudo apt install glibc-doc
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  5. Try 

    sudo apt-get install manpages-posix-dev 
man pthread_mutex_lock(/unlock/destroy/...)

    You can see the result ... thank you

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  6. For KDE Neon, I was able to find everything with:

    sudo apt-get install manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev
sudo apt-get install glibc-doc

    I needed the second to find things like man pthread_mutex_unlock

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