Bug 404439

Summary:	khelpcenter doesn't find unix man pages
Product:	[Applications] khelpcenter	Reporter:	Ardith Metz <itgvkxsd>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Documentation Editorial Team <kde-doc-english>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	luigi.toscano
Priority:	NOR
Version:	18.12
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Ardith Metz 2019-02-16 12:51:28 UTC

SUMMARY

khelpcenter doesn't find any unix man-pages. Only kde related docs are shown. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open khelpcenter
2. Search for any man page (i.e. passwd)

OBSERVED RESULT

No search results

EXPECTED RESULT

Appropriate man pages found

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma: 5.15.0
KDE Frameworks: 5.55.0
Qt: 5.12.1
khelpcenter 18.12.2 (About Help Center shows: "Version 5.7.3", I don't know why)
Distro: Archlinux

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Executing:
/usr/lib/khc_mansearch.pl --maxcount=10 --words=passwd --method=and
shows:
passwd: nothing appropriate.

I've seen it working in the past.

Comment 1 Luigi Toscano 2019-02-16 13:42:31 UTC

Is kio-extras installed?

(khelpcenter is released as part of a bundle called KDE Applications; 18.12.2 is the version number of the bundle, not the version of program).

Comment 2 Ardith Metz 2019-02-16 15:30:25 UTC

(In reply to Luigi Toscano from comment #1)
> Is kio-extras installed?

Yes, it is.

> (khelpcenter is released as part of a bundle called KDE Applications;
> 18.12.2 is the version number of the bundle, not the version of program).

I see, however all other apps I checked show the same version as the bundle. Only khelpcenter is different.

Comment 3 Luigi Toscano 2019-02-16 15:40:39 UTC

(In reply to Ardith Metz from comment #2)
> (In reply to Luigi Toscano from comment #1)
> > Is kio-extras installed?
> 
> Yes, it is.

I will investigate, but can you please check on Arch forums to check if it's a distribution-specific issue? I don't see relevant changes in kio-man (part of kio-extras) and khelpcenter.

> > (khelpcenter is released as part of a bundle called KDE Applications;
> > 18.12.2 is the version number of the bundle, not the version of program).
> 
> I see, however all other apps I checked show the same version as the bundle.
> Only khelpcenter is different.

There are many others with a different version number (on top of my head: all games and edu games shipped with KDE Applications and all KDEPIM.)

Comment 4 Ardith Metz 2019-02-16 21:24:28 UTC

(In reply to Luigi Toscano from comment #3)
> I will investigate, but can you please check on Arch forums to check if it's
> a distribution-specific issue? I don't see relevant changes in kio-man (part
> of kio-extras) and khelpcenter.
> 

It ended up being my local issue. Executing "mandb" solved it. Thanks for your time.