How to install C++ Man Pages (Documentation) in Ubuntu/Linux?
It’s so easy to search for any C related programming functions. All you need is to search the man pages. Take for example, if you want to know more about printf, simply type
$ man 2 printf
But that’s not the case with C++ functions. Every time, you have to go to the web for any doubts related to C++ functions. There are two ways by which you can search for documentation related to C++ functions.
- Man pages for C++ functions
- HTML documentation
Both of the above are available from a single package. To install C++ documentation
$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-4.4-doc
This installs both the man pages and HTML documentation.
The HTML documentation is found in the following path: file:///usr/share/doc/libstdc++6-4.4-doc/libstdc++/html/index.html
If you are struggling to search C++ man pages, Refer How to search C++ man pages
Now there may be case that when you are referring this article the documentation 6.4.4 version is no longer available.
In that case, follow the following steps
$ apt-cache search libstdc++|grep "doc" libstdc++6-4.4-doc - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (documentation files) libstdc++6-4.1-doc - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (documentation files) libstdc++6-4.3-doc - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (documentation files)
Search for the libstdc++ docs as shown above and install the version you want, preferably the latest ones (as shown above)
$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-4.4-doc
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Thank you for sharing this info.
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I have struggle to find a way to get a complete “man pages” for stdc++, this was the only valuable tip I found so far
Keep up the good work!