How to Install and Uninstall groff-base Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "groff-base" package

Please follow the steps below to install groff-base on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall groff-base on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                groff-base
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the groff-base package on Kali Linux

Package: groff-base
Source: groff
Version: 1.23.0-3
Installed-Size: 4139
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1)
Suggests: groff
Size: 1180260
SHA256: 13162f6f7866e697274a0cc4b68e34328deecea09c1b60841e08cac6a28e0099
SHA1: 0dde482babd962047ab0b5656ed572f4a41af0a9
MD5sum: 6a1de0af46af5f6d05d1abd7550b47a6
Description: GNU troff text-formatting system (base system components)
This package contains the traditional UN*X text formatting tools
troff, nroff, tbl, eqn, and pic. These utilities, together with the
man-db package, are essential for displaying the on-line manual pages.
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groff-base is a stripped-down package containing the necessary components
to read manual pages in ASCII, Latin-1, and UTF-8, plus the PostScript
device (groff's default). Users who want a full groff installation, with
the standard set of devices, fonts, macros, and documentation, should
install the groff package.
Description-md5:
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_1.23.0-3_amd64.deb