---
name: "dman"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "debian-goodies"
version: "0.88.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dman"
---

# dman(1)

read man pages from manpages.debian.org

## NAME

dman - read man pages from manpages.debian.org

## SYNOPSIS

**dman** \[ --release *suite* \] *man-page*

## DESCRIPTION

**dman** fetches a manpage from the online service manpages.debian.org using and curl and displays it locally using man -l. If the **--release** argument is provided, packages are fetched from that suite instead of the default suite, found through /etc/lsb-release or lsb\_release -c -s.

## ENVIRONMENT

**dman** will fetch translated pages first if the $**LANG** or $**LC\_MESSAGES** environment variables are set. It will fallback to the default manpage if the translated version is not found.

## AUTHOR

**dman** was written by Dustin Kirkland \<kirkland@ubuntu.com\>, based on a framework by Kees Cook \<kees@ubuntu.com\> and ported to the **debiman** framework by Antoine Beaupré \<anarcat@debian.org\>. Axel Beckert and Javier Fernández-Sanguino have also contributed to this program.

This manpage was written by Antoine Beaupré.

## SEE ALSO

[**man**(1)](/man/1.md) [**debiman**(1)](/debiman/1.md)