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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "groff-base" package

This is a short guide on how to install groff-base on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                groff-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "groff-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall groff-base on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the groff-base package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: groff-base
Source: groff
Version: 1.22.4-3+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 3599
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: groff (<< 1.22.4~rc2-2), jgroff (<< 1.17-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1)
Suggests: groff
Breaks: groff (<< 1.22.4~rc2-2), jgroff (<< 1.17-1), pmake (<< 1.45-7), troffcvt (<< 1.04-14)
Description: GNU troff text-formatting system (base system components)
Description-md5: 106eb90e9251712205de3a823876b349
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::converting,
works-with-format::man, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with::text, works-with::unicode
Section: text
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/g/groff/groff-base_1.22.4-3+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 916304
MD5sum: a166f76c1c82c6f8adb60ae2df8331ba
SHA256: 8e84dd7a0db5d2fdcd320689013940f52b7d2a430f8bdf716c034ecc84f57e6d