UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I don't seem to be able to get man pages up for any command. When I try the "No manual entry for..." message is displayed. When checking my $MANPATH variable I get the following
/opt/SUNconn/man:

However, when I check this directory it doesn't exist. Searching for any man directories results in:
./var/spool/pkg/SUNWsaipu/reloc/SUNWconn/saip/man
./usr/share/man
./usr/bin/man
./usr/dt/share/man
./usr/dt/man
./usr/openwin/share/man
./usr/openwin/man
./usr/demo/SOUND/man
./usr/demo/link_audit/man
./usr/man
./usr/java1.2/man
./opt/SUNWrtvc/man
./opt/SUNWconn/man
./opt/SUNWconn/saip/man
./opt/man
./opt/FSFgzip/man
./opt/share/man
./cdrom/sun_saip/saip_2.0_u1/Solaris_7/Packages/SUNWsaipu/reloc/SUNWconn/saip/man
./cdrom/sun_saip/saip_3.0/Solaris_8/Packages/SUNWsaipu/reloc/SUNWconn/saip/man

Question I have is, how do I set up my system to be able to use the man pages?

it looks as though that portion of the software didn't load. not sure what version of solaris you are using, but if you don't load the documentation CD you won't get the man pages (even though the directories for the man pages are created during disk 1).

hope this helps.

take out that entry that you have for your current $MANPATH since the directory dosnt exist. add most of those directories that you have listed there , dont add /usr/bin/man because thats actually the man command. add /usr/share/man/ definitley. the way to do it is this, if your using BASH you open up your .profile and you add the line :
export MANPATH

then add the line
MANPATH=/usr/share/man

for that last line add some of those directories that you listed, seperating each with a :
so it would look like this:
/somedir/man:/anotherdir/man:/somethingese/man

--edit

yes, do make sure that you actually installed the man pages.

Input new MANPATH variable and now is working fine. Many thanks for the help.