Run the following commands to install man: PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin \     ./configure -default -confdir=/etc && make && cp src/man.conf{,.backup} && sed -e '/^NROFF/s/-mandoc/-c -mandoc/' \     src/man.conf.backup > src/man.conf && make install You may want to take a look at the man hint at which deals with formatting and compression issues for man pages.