How to Install and Uninstall groff Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "groff" package

Please follow the guidance below to install groff on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall groff on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                groff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the groff package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: groff
Version: 1.22.4-6
Installed-Size: 11870
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 (= 1.22.4-6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), 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_1.22.4-6_amd64.deb
Size: 3984100
MD5sum: e8c06db455cf07b73d0f602b42e043cb
SHA256: dcd70d142387175cbea7be56de6d50ad34ef67c20acf87e0ad98aed0e02d3234