I struggled with this just the other day.  I could not get the build system to install the man pages despite many attempts.  I gave up and just did a manual install by copying the man subdirectory of the source into my install directory.<div>

<br></div><div>In any case, I don't know why "man mpich" should work.  What would that tell you?  Try "man mpicc" or "man MPI_Barrier", for example.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps with "man mpich" you are looking for something like the following?</div>

<div><br></div><div><div>> mpichversion</div><div>MPICH Version:    <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>3.1b1</div><div>MPICH Release date:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">     </span>Thu Aug  8 10:41:27 CDT 2013</div>

<div>MPICH Device:    <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>ch3:nemesis</div><div>MPICH configure: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CC=clang CXX=clang++ FC=/bin/false --disable-fc --disable-f77 --enable-threads --enable-g --with-pm=hydra --prefix=/opt/mpich/3.1b1/clang</div>

<div>MPICH CC: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">    </span>clang    -g -O2</div><div>MPICH CXX: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>clang++   -g -O2</div><div>MPICH F77: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>no   -g</div>

<div>MPICH FC: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">    </span>no   -g</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Julio Henrique <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:juliohenrique@msn.com" target="_blank">juliohenrique@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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<div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en"><span>How do I set</span> <span>the</span> <span>MANPATH</span> <span>mpich</span><span>-</span><span>3.0.4</span> <span>on Debian</span> <span>Wheezy</span><span>?</span><br><span>The installation location</span> <span>is</span> <span>/</span><span>opt/</span><span>mpich</span><span></span><span>.</span><br>

<span>I tried</span> <span>in ~</span><span>/</span><span>.b</span><span>ashrc</span><span>:</span><br><span>MANPATH</span> <span>=</span> <span>/</span><span>opt/</span><span>mpich</span><span>/</span><span>share/man</span><span>:</span><span>$</span><span>MANPATH</span><br>

<span>export MANPATH</span><br><span>but</span> <span>not work</span><span>.</span><br><span>I call</span> <span>'man mpich'</span><span></span><span>,</span> <span>or</span> <span>is not</span> <span>that what you call</span> <span>the</span> <span>man</span> <span>of</span> <span>mpich</span><span>?</span><br>

<span>I researched</span> <span>and not found</span><span>.</span><br><br><span></span></span><span lang="en"><span><span lang="en"><span>However,</span></span></span><br><span>PATH</span><span>=</span><span>/</span><span>opt/</span><span>mpich</span><span>/</span><span>bin</span><span>:</span><span>$</span><span>PATH</span><br>

<span>export PATH</span><br><span>worked.</span></span><br><br><div>
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