debman
read man pages from uninstalled Debian packages
TLDR
Read man page from a package
$ debman -p [package] [command]
Specify a package version$ debman -p [package]=[version] [command]
Read man page from a .deb file$ debman -f [path/to/file.deb] [command]
SYNOPSIS
debman [options] command
DESCRIPTION
debman reads man pages from Debian packages without installing them. It downloads the package, extracts the man page, and displays it using the system's man viewer.Useful for reading documentation of packages before installation or for packages not available on the current system.
PARAMETERS
-p package
Download and read from specified package-f file
Read from local .deb filecommand
The man page to display
CAVEATS
Requires network access to download packages (unless using -f). Part of the debian-goodies package.
