programs.man.generateCaches

Whether to generate the manual page index caches using mandb(8). This allows searching for a page or keyword using utilities like apropos(1).

This feature is disabled by default because it slows down building. If you don't mind waiting a few more seconds when Home Manager builds a new generation, you may safely enable this option.

Type

boolean

Default

false

Declared

<home-manager/modules/programs/man.nix>