A smallish docker image containing most commonly used Linux manpages, for quickly accessing them when you are not running Linux natively.
Currently only latest is used, and the image is rebuilt and uploaded from time to time.
The base image is debian:testing-slim.
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
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
Contributions are welcome.
Please add bug reports and feature requests to the Github issue tracker.