How to Install and Uninstall groff Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "groff" package

This guide let you learn how to install groff on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install groff

2. Uninstall "groff" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall groff on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove groff $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the groff package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: groff
Version: 1.22.4-3+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 11818
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: groff-base (<< 1.17.2-9), groff-x11 (<< 1.18-1), jgroff (<< 1.17-1)
Provides: groff-x11, jgroff
Depends: groff-base (= 1.22.4-3+deb10u1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxaw7, libxmu6, libxt6
Recommends: ghostscript, imagemagick, libpaper1, netpbm, perl, psutils
Breaks: groff-x11 (<< 1.18-1), jgroff (<< 1.17-1)
Description: GNU troff text-formatting system
Description-md5: 11123d1736a0022d49d06092e56ad563
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::gnu, uitoolkit::athena, use::converting, use::printing,
use::viewing, works-with-format::html, works-with-format::man,
works-with-format::postscript, works-with-format::tex,
works-with::font, works-with::text, works-with::unicode,
x11::application
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.22.4-3+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 3973428
MD5sum: d67498f092554c49406761fdba7f010d
SHA256: 1bd747f8e0d252bd106dfc3129ab6e9a29906cb0bd6e28ed00170853ba88c3c2