{"id":74,"description":"Where man pages are stored?","tags":["shell","linux"],"contents":["Pages are searched first in the path given by option `-M` if specified.","If `-M` is not specified, then the path specified in `MANPATH` is looked up.","If neither `-M` nor `MANPATH` is specified, then the path to man pages is inferred from the config file.","In general, the default set of man pages live in `/usr/share/man/`","Applications can install in other paths too and update the `MANPATH` accordingly.","The location of the config file can differ based on the distribution.","/private/etc/man.conf - in macOS Mojave","/etc/man.config - in many linux distributions"]}