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man zsh ubuntu 14.04
#!/bin/bash
# for ubuntu 14.04 with zsh 5.0.2
# bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsh/+bug/1242108
# file src: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zsh/files/zsh/5.0.2/zsh-5.0.2.tar.gz/download
wget -qO- "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zsh/zsh/5.0.2/zsh-5.0.2.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fzsh%2Ffiles%2Fzsh%2F5.0.2%2F&ts=1407408881&use_mirror=superb-dca3" | sudo tar xvz -C /usr/share/man/man1/ --wildcards "zsh-5.0.2/Doc/*.1" --strip-components=2 && sudo chown root:root /usr/share/man/man1/zsh*.1
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Thanks for this!

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cakuzo commented Jan 3, 2016

I'd like to suggest the following after executing your one-liner:

sudo chmod 0644 /usr/share/man/man1/zsh*.1
sudo gzip /usr/share/man/man1/zsh*.1
sudo mandb

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