[FFmpeg-user] man ffmpeg absent

[Reindl Harald]

Am 16.07.2017 um 19:19 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
> On 2017-07-16 18:44, ILJA SHEBALIN wrote:
>> Hi, Lion is the codename for OS X 10.7 operating system from Apple.
>> I downloaded three binaries - ffmpeg, ffprob, ffserver from the
>> official source. I'm not quite sure what "building ffmpeg" means
>> and I didn't use the command line to install it, also I am
>> unfamiliar with "make install" command. After downloading
>> I moved all three to /usr/bin directory. Running man
>> /my/installprefixshare/man/man1/ffmpeg.1 returned No manual
>> entry for /my/installprefixshare/man/man1/ffmpeg.1.
> 
> Same as you downloaded from somewhwere the three binaries, you need to
> download the man pages, and copy them to the correct paths.
> 
> /my/installprefixshare/  is intended as a place holder. You replace that
> name whith the place you installed them. It could be
> "/usr/share/man/man1/...", or more properly,
> "/usr/local/share/man/man1/...".
> 
> Similarly, the place for the binaries would be "/usr/local/share/bin/"
> 
> (in a normal Linux)

on no linux binaries go to "share/bin"