attr man page missing?

Question

How does one search for certain manpages (such as http://linux.die.net/man/5/attr)? Trying:

man attr

and

man -K attr

don't seem to work.

Any ideas why?

man -k keyword # works for me. although check for MANPATH variable.. man -L — Nikhil Mulley
– Nikhil Mulley, Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 14:51
do you think it's possible that I don't have this manpage? I'm on a fresh install of Debian 6.04. — Soyuz
– Soyuz, Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 15:07
"Doesn't work"? Please be more specific. What exactly happens? Do you get an error? — Mikel
– Mikel, Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 21:57
It just can't find it, but turns out I needed the attr package and not just libattr, so it works now! — Soyuz
– Soyuz, Commented Jun 11, 2012 at 15:55

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You can view it like this:

man 5 attr

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answered Jun 10, 2012 at 14:51

Eugene S

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