Thread: *-doc packages, what for?

i installed

code:

libboost1.40-doc

package.
guess documentation.

if use

code:

man libboost-1.40

doesn't work. how read documentation? there package that?

description: boost.org libraries documentation
boost web site provides free, peer-reviewed, portable c++ source
libraries. emphasis on libraries work c++
standard library. 1 goal establish "existing practice" and
provide reference implementations boost libraries are
suitable eventual standardization. of libraries have
been proposed inclusion in c++ standards committee's
upcoming c++ standard library technical report.
.
documentation libboost1.40-dev package in html format.
pages point header files provided in libboost1.40-dev package,
suggested install latter well.

you're right. html files won't work man.

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