summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorremyabel2 <94518122+remyabel2@users.noreply.github.com>2022-07-27 07:46:48 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-07-27 13:46:48 +0200
commitc56025000b32603393c6ab7e642c148c76f25421 (patch)
tree689302458f0b874d702bdf42793a291bc8b97f06 /docs
parent4c3da429fbb8103fd77a46275b43c1af0571bc2e (diff)
docs: add info on man page installation (#6894)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/installation.rst13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 7f9a1e82..f1d40530 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -358,6 +358,19 @@ activating your virtual environment::
pip install -U borgbackup # or ... borgbackup[llfuse/pyfuse3]
+When doing manual pip installation, man pages are not automatically
+installed. You can run these commands to install the man pages
+locally::
+
+ # get borg from github
+ git clone https://github.com/borgbackup/borg.git borg
+
+ # Install the files with proper permissions
+ install -D -m 0644 borg/docs/man/borg*.1* $HOME/.local/share/man/man1/borg.1
+
+ # Update the man page cache
+ mandb
+
.. _git-installation:
Using git