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Missing manpage for `ifconfig`

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$ man ifconfig

No manual entry for ifconfig

See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.



$ dpkg -l | grep -i manpages

ii  manpages                            3.54-1ubuntu1                all          Manual pages about using a GNU/Linux system

ii  manpages-dev                        3.54-1ubuntu1                all          Manual pages about using GNU/Linux for development

ii  manpages-posix                      2.16-1                       all          Manual pages about using POSIX system

ii  manpages-posix-dev                  2.16-1                       all          Manual pages about using a POSIX system for development

How do I get the ifconfig manpage installed on Ubuntu 13.10?

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answered 2 Years ago lowstonnequ · Accepted Answer

The problem has been resolved by re-installing the "net-tools" package. The possible cause of such issue might be a skewed previous installation.

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall net-tools

P.S.: At the time during my research for solutions on this issue, I found that I need to know which package the command belongs to. Here is how you do it:

$ dpkg -S `which ifconfig`