debman − read man pages from uninstalled packages
debman −f filename [−− man(1) options] name
debman −p package [−− man(1) options] name
debman extracts a Debian package into a temporary directory and displays manual pages from it. If the −f option is used, it will use a local .deb file; if the −p option is used, it will download the named package using debget.
debman intentionally ignores any $MANPATH environment variable that might be set, and constructs its own such that only manual pages within the package will be displayed.
debman was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson AT debian DOT org>.