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    Introduction

    This list intends to answer the question most often asked by new users of Kubuntu and Linux: Where is all the documentation?

    In short, a large amount of documentation is bundled with Kubuntu. More is easily installable through the package manager. Even more official documentation is available on the Web. If that's not enough, many generous souls have volunteered their time to contribute free information on the Internet.



    The Official Ubuntu Book

    If you want a paper manual it is here, and it covers Kubuntu as well. Just make sure you get the edition appropriate for your version of Kubuntu.

    The Official Ubuntu Book 5th Edition (for Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx)



    The Help menu

    All KDE programs have a Help menu at the right side of the top menu bar. Pull it down to read the program's handbook, get tips, report bugs, and check version information. You can also access any KDE program's handbook by simply pressing the F1 key on your keyboard.

    Most non-KDE programs also have help menus or buttons, but sometimes they may be empty. Some non-KDE programs include the manual in PDF, HTML, or plain text form. For those which do not you should visit the official website of the program, which is sometimes linked from within the program itself.



    Context Sensitive Help

    Most KDE programs include context sensitive help which is diplayed in a tooltip. To view the tooltip you must first click the ? (question mark) in the program's title bar. If you don't see a ? in the title bar then press and release the F1 key on your computer's keyboard while holding down the Shift key. The tooltip will appear when you click on the object you want help with.

    Non-KDE programs may also include context sensitive help which may be invoked in a variety of different ways, many times using a menu item, help button, or keyboard shortcut. The context help may be displayed in a tooltip, in the program's status bar, or in an entirely seperate window. Consult the program's manual to learn how to invoke context help.



    The KDE Help Center

    The KDE Help Center is often overlooked by even experienced users. It is the primary index for all kinds of documentation on your Kubuntu system. This should always be the first place you look for official documentation.

    K Menu -> Help
    Opens KDE Help Center. Click the Contents tab on the left to show the document tree. Once inside KDE Help Center, familiarize yourself with the major branches of the document tree as described below.

    Kubuntu Documents -> Kubuntu System Documentation Index
    Contains documentation, tutorials, and FAQs for major programs and system facilities in Kubuntu.

    Welcome to KDE
    A newbie-friendly introduction to the K Desktop Environment.

    KDE Users' Manual
    Explains how to get things done in KDE using major programs and system facilities. The manual is in seven parts, going from simple tasks to advanced system administration.

    Application Manuals
    Full manuals for all your KDE applications, and a wealth of system information pages.

    Tutorials -> Quickstart Guide
    KDE quickstart guide

    Tutorials -> A Visual Guide to KDE
    Guide to KDE widgets

    UNIX manual pages
    Every installed program's man page is indexed here.

    Browse Info Pages
    GNU info documentation is listed here. The info documents serve as users' guides, references, and examples for GNU programs. It is advisable to install and read them whenever they exist. For some programs info documentation is installable from a seperate package. Look up the program by name in the package manager and install the package containing the info documents to read them here.

    The KDE FAQ
    Just what it sounds like, KDE Frequently Asked Questions list



    Documentation folders

    Check the following folders on your system for documentation which doesn't show up in KDE Help Center. It is convenient to browse these locations with Konqueror.
    • /usr/share/doc/programname/
    • /usr/share/programname/doc/
    • /usr/local/share/doc/programname/


    You may have to check the program's man page or description in the package manager to discover where its documents are installed.

    Rog131 has kindly contributed guidance for adding such documents to KDE Help Center.

    The following packages install documents from The Linux Documentation Project into the folder /usr/share/doc/HOWTO:




    Command line documentation

    The Linux command line, sometimes called terminal or console, is the most powerful and flexible way to work with your Kubuntu system. With it you can become as intimate as you wish with the inner workings of the computer, but this article only adresses how to find documentation on the command line. Look to the end of this section for links to command line tutorials.

    Kubuntu's terminal application is Konsole. Commands entered inside Konsole are interpreted by BASH. In Unix parlance, such an interpreter is commonly called a command shell.

    For BASH internal functions (commonly called called builtin commands) you can simply enter help on the command line. Bash will respond with the paragraph below, followed by the list of Bash internals.

    Originally posted by help
    These shell commands are defined internally. Type `help' to see this list.
    Type `help name' to find out more about the function `name'.
    Use `info bash' to find out more about the shell in general.
    Use `man -k' or `info' to find out more about commands not in this list.
    Code:
    $ help help
    help: help [-s] [pattern ...]
        Display helpful information about builtin commands.  If PATTERN is
        specified, gives detailed help on all commands matching PATTERN,
        otherwise a list of the builtins is printed.  The -s option
        restricts the output for each builtin command matching PATTERN to
        a short usage synopsis.
    Code:
    $ help cd
    cd: cd [-L|-P] [dir]
        Change the current directory to DIR.  The variable $HOME is the
        default DIR.  The variable CDPATH defines the search path for
        the directory containing DIR.  Alternative directory names in CDPATH
        are separated by a colon (:).  A null directory name is the same as
        the current directory, i.e. `.'.  If DIR begins with a slash (/),
        then CDPATH is not used.  If the directory is not found, and the
        shell option `cdable_vars' is set, then try the word as a variable
        name.  If that variable has a value, then cd to the value of that
        variable.  The -P option says to use the physical directory structure
        instead of following symbolic links; the -L option forces symbolic links
        to be followed.
    Code:
    $ help exit
    exit: exit [n]
        Exit the shell with a status of N.  If N is omitted, the exit status
        is that of the last command executed.
    For a short overview of command options, just enter programname --help. If the help text scrolls off the screen, you can use the Shift key combined with PageUp or PageDown to scroll the Konsole buffer up and down.

    Code:
    $ apropos --help
    Usage: apropos [OPTION...] KEYWORD...
    
      -d, --debug                emit debugging messages
      -v, --verbose              print verbose warning messages
      -e, --exact                search each keyword for exact match
      -r, --regex                interpret each keyword as a regex
      -w, --wildcard             the keyword(s) contain wildcards
      -a, --and                  require all keywords to match
      -l, --long                 do not trim output to terminal width
      -C, --config-file=FILE     use this user configuration file
      -L, --locale=LOCALE        define the locale for this search
      -m, --systems=SYSTEM       include alternate systems' man pages
      -M, --manpath=PATH         set search path for manual pages to PATH
      -s, --section=SECTION      search only this section
      -?, --help                 give this help list
          --usage                give a short usage message
      -V, --version              print program version
    
    Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
    for any corresponding short options.
    
    The --regex option is enabled by default.
    
    Report bugs to no_spam@nospam.com
    Code:
    $ file --help
    Usage: file [OPTION]... [FILE]...
    Determine file type of FILEs.
    
      -m, --magic-file LIST      use LIST as a colon-separated list of magic
                                   number files
      -z, --uncompress           try to look inside compressed files
      -b, --brief                do not prepend filenames to output lines
      -c, --checking-printout    print the parsed form of the magic file, use in
                                   conjunction with -m to debug a new magic file
                                   before installing it
      -e, --exclude              exclude test from the list of test to be
                                   performed for file. Valid tests are:
                                   ascii, apptype, elf, compress, soft, tar
      -f, --files-from FILE      read the filenames to be examined from FILE
      -F, --separator string     use string as separator instead of `:'
      -i, --mime                 output mime type strings
      -k, --keep-going           don't stop at the first match
      -L, --dereference          causes symlinks to be followed
      -n, --no-buffer            do not buffer output
      -N, --no-pad               do not pad output
      -p, --preserve-date        preserve access times on files
      -r, --raw                  don't translate unprintable chars to \ooo
      -s, --special-files        treat special (block/char devices) files as
                                 ordinary ones
    or
          --help                 display this help and exit
    or
          --version              output version information and exit
    or
      -C, --compile              compile file specified by -m
    Code:
    $ konqueror --help
    Usage: konqueror [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [KDE-tempfile-options] [options]
           		 [URL]
    
    Web browser, file manager, ...
    
    Generic options:
      --help                    Show help about options
      --help-qt                 Show Qt specific options
      --help-kde                Show KDE specific options
      --help-kde-tempfile       Show KDE-tempfile specific options
      --help-all                Show all options
      --author                  Show author information
      -v, --version             Show version information
      --license                 Show license information
      --                        End of options
    
    Options:
      --silent                  Start without a default window
      --preload                 Preload for later use
      --profile <profile>       Profile to open
      --profiles                List available profiles
      --mimetype <mimetype>     Mimetype to use for this URL (e.g. text/html or
      	     		    inode/directory)
      --select                  For URLs that point to files, opens the directory
      			    and selects the file, instead of opening the actual
    			    file
    
    Arguments:
      URL                       Location to open
    You may like to pipe the help text through the less program for easier viewing. When you finish reading the help text, press the Q key to exit to the command prompt.

    Code:
    less --help
    man --help | less
    info --help | less
    Every program on your system should include at least a minimal man page. You can read these man pages from within the KDE Help Center, or from the command line. To read the man page of your program enter a command like man programname. When you finish reading the man page, press the Q key to exit to the command line.

    Code:
    man man
    man info
    man less
    man konqueror
    There are also man pages to teach you how to do things or how various parts of the system work.

    Code:
    man 1 intro
    man 7 hier
    man 7 glob
    man 7 regex
    If you don't know the exact name of the program then you can use the apropos command to list all man pages that mention your topic. On Kubuntu systems apropos is symlinked to whatis, so you may treat the two commands as synonyms.

    Code:
    $ apropos ntfs
    mount.ntfs (8)       - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
    mount.ntfs-3g (8)    - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
    ntfs-3g (8)          - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
    ntfs-3g.probe (8)    - Probe an NTFS volume mountability
    smbcquotas (1)       - Set or get QUOTAs of NTFS 5 shares
    Code:
    $ apropos samba
    cupsaddsmb (8)       - export printers to samba for windows clients
    eventlogadm (8)      - push records into the Samba event log store
    filesharelist (1)    - add/remove/list NFS and Samba file shares
    fileshareset (1)     - add/remove/list NFS and Samba file shares
    idmap_ad (8)         - Samba's idmap_ad Backend for Winbind
    idmap_rid (8)        - Samba's idmap_rid Backend for Winbind
    lmhosts (5)          - The Samba NetBIOS hosts file
    net (8)              - Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.
    pdbedit (8)          - manage the SAM database (Database of Samba Users)
    samba (7)            - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
    smb.conf (5)         - The configuration file for the Samba suite
    smbpasswd (5)        - The Samba encrypted password file
    smbstatus (1)        - report on current Samba connections
    tdbbackup (8)        - tool for backing up and for validating the integrity of
    	  	       samba .tdb files
    A great deal can be learned by reading man pages. They explain what programs do and a little about how to invoke them. Unfortunately man pages tend to be terse and use technical language, and they usually don't tell you how to put the program to good use.

    That's where GNU Info documentation comes in. Info documentation is very much intended to teach you how to use a program productively. Info documents contain many examples which show exactly how to invoke the program for a specific task. They explain the program and its options in much greater depth than the man page, and explain why the program works the way it does.

    Code:
    info
    Info organizes documents into a hierarchical list of linked nodes. The document nodes are navigated by choosing textual links which are preceded by * (asterisk). Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the text cursor to a link and press the Enter key to follow it. Press the Q key when you want to exit back to the command prompt. Info documentation does not not exist for every program, but at least it is there for the core GNU utilities.

    Code:
    info coreutils
    For some programs the info documentation is not installed in Kubuntu by default, so you will have to find the package conatining the info documents and install it. Typically such packages are named like programname-doc. Strangely enough, the info documents for the info program itself are not included in the default Kubuntu install.

    Originally posted by /usr/share/doc/info/README.Debian
    This package does not contain the info documentation of info and texinfo, as they are licensed under the GNU Free Document License with Cover Texts, which is considered as non-free in Debian.

    The documentation can be found in the package texinfo-doc-nonfree in the non-free section.
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install texinfo-doc-nonfree
    Now the info documentation is listed in the top level directory of the info program under the heading Texinfo documentation system. To read the info documentation for the info program try the commands shown below. Press the Q key to exit back to the command prompt when you are done reading.

    Code:
    info info
    info info-stnd
    info texinfo
    Another curious case of documentation omitted from Kubuntu's default install is The GNU Bash Reference Manual. It is contained in the package bash-doc. If you intend to write shell scripts or do any other serious work at the command line, then keeping this document close at hand is an absolute must.

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install bash-doc
    info bashref
    In general, you can find installable documentation for many programs and system facilities by entering the command below.

    Code:
    apt-cache search --names-only 'doc$' | sort | less
    Further examples:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install newbiedoc
    konqueror /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc
    That should be all the command line documentation you need to get started. To learn more please read:




    Official Kubuntu documentation online

    If you need to seek help online, go to the official documentation sites first. Most official Ubuntu documentation applies to Kubuntu as well.




    Kubuntu related official documentation online

    Official documentation to almost every Kubuntu application, function, and command is maintained online. Point your web browser to one of these sites and start reading.




    Semi-official Kubuntu help channels online

    These online resources are staffed by Kubuntu and Ubuntu community volunteers. Any help you get here may not be officially sanctioned by the Kubuntu team, but it's usually the best help you can get. Read the official documentation above first to get the best help possible.




    Unoffical Kubuntu information online

    Some experienced Kubuntu and Ubuntu users have given freely of their own time and energy to create web based resources to help fellow users. These are trusted resources for Kubuntu related tutorials and help. Read the official documentation above first to make the best use of these resources.




    Unofficial Linux help online




    Getting Started With Ubuntu

    The Ubuntu Manual Team have published Getting Started With Ubuntu, a guide which aims to help new users become acquainted with Ubuntu quickly and easily. This unofficial work is a community based project, and everyone is welcome to contribute. Paper copies of Getting Started With Ubuntu are available for purchase, or PDF copy of the book may be downloaded for free.



    Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition

    Paul Sheer's Rute has long been a trusted source of information and guidance for Linux administrators. Although not official Kubuntu documentation, it provides deep insight into how GNU/Linux systems work and how to do fundamental administrative tasks. The material is fairly technical, and assumes readers have prior knowledge of computer hardware and other operating systems.




    Conclusion

    Help make this article more useful by posting your suggestions in this thread. Is a major documentation or help resource missing? Can the wording or formatting of the list be improved? Please remember that this list is intended to guide new users to official documentation first. Sources of official documentation for this document are listed below in order of preference, with the most desireable options first.
    • anything and everything included in the default Kubuntu installation
    • documentation published by Canonical or with their consent, regardless of medium, which they have designated as official
    • packages installable from the Canonical repositories
    • documents available within the Kubuntu.org domain
    • documents available within the Ubuntu.com domain
    • documentation and resources which are linked directly from the Kubuntu.org or Ubuntu.com domains
    • documentation and resources available directly from developers, packagers, and maintainers of software in the Canonical repositories, regardless of medium


    Please leave some feedback, and thanks for reading.



    History
    • Reword parts of "Command line documentation" and add a few more links to explain terms
    • Add Ubuntu Documentation Search
    • Add /usr/local/share/doc/ to Documentation folders list
    • Add Qqmike's tutorial Commands at Konsole: Beginners
    • Add Rute, and link to askrieger's post on installing locally.
    • Link to Rog131's post on adding documentation to KDE Help Center
    • Add flossmanuals.net thanks to Rog131
    • Add Using The Terminal - Community Ubuntu Documentation and CommandlineHowto - Community Ubuntu Documentation
    • Mention whatis
    • Add Ubuntu Manpages Repository
    • Mention man intro
    • Add /usr/share/doc/bash/README.commands.gz
    • Add doc-linux- packages
    • Formatting cleanup, remove some redundant words
    • Choose some better command line examples
    • Define official documentation
    • Explain context help
    • Rewrite and expand the treatment of GNU info documentation
    • The Official Ubuntu Book has been updated to 5th edition and covers Kubuntu 10.04
    • Add Getting Stared With Ubuntu 10.04
    • Add Using the Command Line
    • Add links to doc-linux- packages
    • Change link from dead HowToGetHelp article to GettingAnswers, add Destinations
    • Remove dead link to KubuntuWay Forums
    • Replace link to apparently dead linux.org with WP article
    • Replace the word newbies with the phrase new users because some may not understand that newbie is not derogatory
    • Fix link to command line options in WP article
    • Move Kubuntu FAQ link to Help and Support
    • Add more interesting man page examples
    • updated url http://kubuntuguide.info
    • removed stale documentation search link
    • add fancy image, thanKs to StarWolf (now known as starbear)
    • munged an email address which inadvertently included from terminal output, updated in-forum links post vbulletin transition, cleaned up other links, added Linux Command Line Learning Resources - Ubuntu Forums
    Last edited by Telengard; Jan 25, 2012, 05:48 PM. Reason: updates, corrections
    Welcome newbies!
    Verify the ISO
    Kubuntu's documentation

    #2
    Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

    Excellent guide! I thought I should mention I use [Alt]+[F2] and then "man: somecommand". I shows the manpage in Konqueror. Sorry if it is mentioned above and I missed it.

    Comment


      #3
      Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

      Originally posted by lmilano
      Excellent guide!
      Thanks. I hope it will be useful to newbies and serve our community in some small way.

      Originally posted by lmilano
      I thought I should mention I use [Alt]+[F2] and then "man: somecommand". I shows the manpage in Konqueror. Sorry if it is mentioned above and I missed it.
      It's not mentioned above, but I agree it is a neat trick that Konqueror supports a man: protocol.

      I think new users are better served learning one standard way to do things. When faced with learning a completely new OS, most people don't have the patience to learn more than one way. I'd rather keep the list simple for newbies than try to expand it with every trick in the book. They will learn their own tricks in time after all, since Kubuntu offers so many different ways to do any given thing.

      Thanks again for your feedback. Please post again with more
      Welcome newbies!
      Verify the ISO
      Kubuntu's documentation

      Comment


        #4
        Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

        Better late than never! I was perusing this board and I realized that there was a significant source of general Linux information that had slipped by this excellent guide. Back in the dark ages (2001) a fellow named Paul Sheer wrote a guide to Linux called "RUTE: Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition, (note the recursive name, which was all the rage 10 or 20 years ago). Counting the index it runs 660 pages. I thought it was an excellent text; well written and informative.

        {Billy Mayes moden}In stores you'd expect to pay $35.99 (plus S&H) for this tome. BUT through the magic of the net, you can crank up your favorite package manager e.g. apt-get, synaptic, packagekit, or even adept, and get an unabridged electronic copy of the book for FREE! {Billy Mayes modeff} in an Ubuntu package called "rutebook". All you have to do is add multiverse to your repository list.

        Obviously, no one who has a life is going to read this, cover to cover. Fortunately, it has an excellent index.

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          #5
          Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

          Okay, I bit. Installed. But, how do you 'run' it??

          Edit: I can open it by browsing to /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/index.html. Is there another way?
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

          Comment


            #6
            Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

            The package includes both an html version and a pdf version of the same text. I always use the pdf file with acroread. There are other pdf readers as well, but I like acroread.

            Comment


              #7
              Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

              Okay, I bit. Installed. But, how do you 'run' it??

              Edit: I can open it by browsing to /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/index.html. Is there another way?
              With the KDE Help Center:
              :~$ khelpcenter --help
              Usage: khelpcenter [Qt-options] [KDE-options] url

              Generic options:
              --help Show help about options
              --help-qt Show Qt specific options
              --help-kde Show KDE specific options
              --help-all Show all options
              --author Show author information
              -v, --version Show version information
              --license Show license information
              -- End of options

              Arguments:
              url URL to display
              => K-Menu editor + khelpcenter /path/to/the/index.html




              Adding things to the KDE Help Center

              > HowTo write KDE application manual (Handbook) for custom application??
              >How do I get our handbook catalogued under application manuals into the KHelpCenter?
              Add these entries to appname.desktop:
              X-DocPath=appname/index.html
              Categories=Qt;KDE;category_of_your_app;
              Note !
              Here the path need to be: /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook/
              The: /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/index.html is not valid -> Error:
              The file or folder help:/usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/index.html does not exist.

              Adding the Rutebook to the K-Menu and to the the KDE Help Center. Making a .desktop file (> Topic: GtoK: .desktop files)

              rutebook.desktop:
              [Desktop Entry]
              Type=Application
              Exec=khelpcenter /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook/index.html
              Icon=dialog-information
              Terminal=false
              Name=Rutebook
              GenericName=Rutebook KHelpCenter
              X-DocPath=rutebook/index.html
              Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;
              Droping it to the /usr/share/applications/.

              Now: K > Applications > Utilities > Rutebook and K > Help > Application Manuals > Utilities > Rutebook


              More (of the KDE doc / docbook) :

              > Editing DTD Docbook files (index.docbook)
              > Appendix A. KDE DocBook Reference
              > DocBook 5.0: The Definitive Guide
              Before you edit, BACKUP !

              Why there are dead links ?
              1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
              2. Thread: Lost Information

              Comment


                #8
                Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                askrieger, I have added Rute to the list, only because it is one of the most well known and respected Linux tomes. I still am not sure it belongs here because this list is intended for new users.

                Please understand that it is not my intention for this to become the master list of Linux documentation links. As stated in the OP, I first want to guide new Kubuntu users to the official documentation already provided on their system. Third party documentation and forums are good resources, but I want to keep the list as close as possible to Kubuntu itself.

                Having observed this and other Linux forums for a few years, it is my belief that most newbies completely ignore the documentation they have already been given. Some of them give up on Linux, which is fine. Others just need a gentle nudge in the right direction before they start learning on their own, which is fine. The problem is the remaining newbies who post tens or hundreds of complaints about how Linux doesn't work, while stubbornly refusing to read even a single paragraph of the documentation they have already been given.

                Rog131, thanks very much for your contribution. I welcome every such contribution to this list for the sake of helping new users discover the documentation available on their Kubuntu systems.
                Welcome newbies!
                Verify the ISO
                Kubuntu's documentation

                Comment


                  #9
                  Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                  Thank-you Rog131!
                  Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                  Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                  "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

                  Comment


                    #10
                    Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                    FLOSS Manuals

                    > FLOSS Manuals Introduction:
                    FLOSS Manuals is about providing quality manuals about how to use free sofware. We are a not-for-profit foundation established in Amsterdam in 2006. We are also a website (wiki), and a community of free documentation writers.
                    ...
                    FLOSS Manuals exists to provide this information to anyone, for free...
                    > Read FLOSS Manuals
                    Before you edit, BACKUP !

                    Why there are dead links ?
                    1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
                    2. Thread: Lost Information

                    Comment


                      #11
                      Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                      Originally posted by Rog131
                      FLOSS Manuals
                      I added it to the Unofficial help online section. I would prefer not to stray so far from Kubuntu itself though. The list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all Linux resources on the Internet.
                      Welcome newbies!
                      Verify the ISO
                      Kubuntu's documentation

                      Comment


                        #12
                        Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                        Originally posted by Rog131
                        rutebook.desktop:
                        [Desktop Entry]
                        Type=Application/usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/
                        Exec=khelpcenter /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook/index.html
                        Icon=dialog-information
                        Terminal=false
                        Name=Rutebook
                        GenericName=Rutebook KHelpCenter
                        X-DocPath=rutebook/index.html
                        Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;
                        Droping it to the /usr/share/applications/.

                        Now: K > Applications > Utilities > Rutebook and K > Help > Application Manuals > Utilities > Rutebook
                        As written and followed above, when navigating:
                        K > Applications > Help > Application Manuals > Utilities > Rutebook
                        You get this error:
                        The file or folder help:/rutebook/index.html does not exist.
                        Installing rutebook via apt-get install puts the html files in:
                        /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/

                        Given this information, is it possible to get Rutebook to come up in Help as you have described? It isn't a big deal if the answer is 'no,' as Rutebook properly displays when navigating:
                        K > Applications > Utilities > Rutebook KHelpCenter
                        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

                        Comment


                          #13
                          Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                          Installing rutebook via apt-get install puts the html files in:
                          /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/

                          Given this information, is it possible to get Rutebook to come up in Help...
                          Yes, with the linux duck tape (symlink, soft link, symbolic link, duck tape).


                          1) Making the rutebook.desktop

                          2) Making a symlink:
                          Code:
                          sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/ /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook
                          so now:
                          Code:
                          ls -l /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en
                          ...
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2009-11-14 11:13 rutebook -> /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/
                          ..
                          K > Help > Application Manuals > Utilities > Rutebook
                          Before you edit, BACKUP !

                          Why there are dead links ?
                          1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
                          2. Thread: Lost Information

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                            #14
                            Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                            Works perfectly (like it wouldn't ).

                            Thanks Rog!
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                              #15
                              Re: HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help

                              hi quick question:

                              do you know of any sites, pages, documents etc that would give konsole tutorials... im new and know how powerfull the konsole is.... just need the key to unlock it

                              p.s love the material cheers mate...

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