petrem/manpages repository overview

⁠A simple docker image for reading Linux manpages locally

A smallish docker image containing most commonly used Linux manpages, for quickly accessing them when you are not running Linux natively.

⁠Tags

Currently only latest is used, and the image is rebuilt and uploaded from time to time. The base image is debian:testing-slim.

⁠Installation

You need a working docker installation, otherwise nothing is required.

To get the image without running it, e.g. to secure it for offline usage, run

docker image pull petrem/manpages

You may want to add the following script somewhere in your path (e.g. as ~/.local/bin/manpages):

#!/usr/bin/env bash
docker run --rm -it petrem/manpages:latest "$@"

.. and make it executable:

chmod a+x ~/.local/bin/manpages

⁠Usage

Running the docker image invokes the man command and passes arguments on:

docker run --rm -it petrem/manpages 2 open

or with the script suggested in the Installation section:

manpages 3 open

⁠Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

Please add bug reports and feature requests to the Github issue tracker⁠.