How to install section 3 manpages for CentOS

Question

I'm trying to read the manpage for read(3) on my CentOS system:

$ man read 3
No manual entry for 3

What/Which package do I have to install to get these manpages?

(glibc* packages are installed on my system)

what gives you the impression that there is a `read(3)` man page? see `read(2)`. — Mat, May 16 '11 at 14:15

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '12 at 13:38

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yum -y install man-pages

This will install a large percentage of the programmers' man pages, which do not come by default on a CentOS minimal install.

answered Nov 10 '12 at 13:38

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '11 at 14:20

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For the man command, the section should be first then the name. Also, the man page for read() on my CentOS 5 system is in section 3p, not 3.

Try:

man 3p read

answered May 16 '11 at 14:20

rthomson

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 11:17

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For programmer man pages on CentOS 7, you also need :-

sudo yum install man-pages-overrides

answered Feb 28 '18 at 11:17

Jon Scobie

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