How to Install and Uninstall groff Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "groff" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install groff on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall groff on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: groff
Version: 1.23.0-3
Installed-Size: 20720
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Provides: groff-x11, jgroff
Depends: groff-base (= 1.23.0-3), libc6 (>= 2.35), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxaw7 (>= 2:1.0.14), libxmu6 (>= 2:1.1.3), libxt6
Recommends: ghostscript, imagemagick, libpaper1, netpbm, perl, psutils
Size: 11724308
SHA256: ce66898ec41e0194374a71198f6d97ee1d08a2b57e17f90cf16eacbec84772a7
SHA1: 563cb07c9abcfb9f7d551d7228727fac2e1ca4e9
MD5sum: 11eff93e0b0659f9733ec5397b2aceb6
Description: GNU troff text-formatting system
This package contains optional components of the GNU troff text-formatting
system. The core package, groff-base, contains the traditional tools like
troff, nroff, tbl, eqn, and pic. This package contains additional devices
and drivers for output to DVI, HTML (when recommended packages are
installed - see below), PDF, HP LaserJet printers, and Canon CAPSL LBP-4
and LBP-8 printers.
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The X75, X75-12, X100, and X100-12 devices, which allow groff output to be
conveniently viewed on an X display using the standard X11 fonts, are now
included here. They were previously in a separate package, groff-x11.
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Besides these, the groff package contains man pages describing the language
and its macro sets, info documentation, and a number of supplementary
programs:
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- gxditview, which is used to display the output of the X* devices, and
can also be used to view PostScript output from groff;
- grn, a preprocessor for pictures in the 'gremlin' format;
- tfmtodit, which creates font files for use with 'groff -Tdvi';
- hpftodit, which creates font files for use with 'groff -Tlj4';
- afmtodit, which creates font files for use with 'groff -Tps';
- refer, which preprocesses bibliographic references for use with groff;
- indxbib, which creates inverted indices for bibliographic databases used
by 'refer';
- lkbib and lookbib, which search bibliographic databases;
- addftinfo, which adds metric information to troff font files for use
with groff;
- pfbtops, which translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII for
use with groff;
- mmroff, a simple groff preprocessor which expands references in mm;
- pic2graph, which converts PIC diagrams into cropped image files;
- eqn2graph, which converts EQN equations into cropped image files;
- pdfmom, which runs 'groff -mom' to produce PDFs.
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All the standard macro packages are supported.
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Some facilities only work if certain recommended packages are installed:
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- ghostscript, netpbm, psutils: required for HTML output;
- imagemagick: required for the pic2graph and eqn2graph programs;
- libpaper1: paper size detection in dvi, lbp, lj4, and ps devices (falls
back to a4 if not installed);
- perl: required for PDF output and for the chem preprocessor.
Description-md5:
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_1.23.0-3_amd64.deb