On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 22:18, Yunus wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm using FC3. I tried to issue these commands below at terminal > window: > [yunus@localhost ] whatis ls > bash: ls nothing apropriate <<== i always get this > message > and > [yunus@localhost ] apropos browser > bash: browser nothing apropriate <<== i always get this > message > > Could anyone help me with this problem? > > Thanks in advance! Most likely you need to run /usr/sbin/makewhatis. This will create the database those commands use to search.