How to Install and Uninstall groff Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "groff" package

This tutorial shows how to install groff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall groff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: groff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11875
Provides: groff-x11, jgroff
Depends: groff-base (= 1.22.4-5), 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)
Replaces: groff-base (<< 1.17.2-9), groff-x11 (<< 1.18-1), jgroff (<< 1.17-1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/groff/groff_1.22.4-5_amd64.deb
Size: 3951768
MD5sum: f83506f1bbd4e963275645446579c03d
SHA1: 779c2850c8175347fbb43f2b6fe914234f081c8c
SHA256: b4c8130f614f741ce254a91082aceda9a925c3557738f5a0bd6ad7d8cb1c9a40
SHA512: 2ea108c7f9f54e90735cf38867f222b61f7f1ca0a5f289785e35fdee5b6f01567db41c2baeeb361c4db030d160602d5b1af0ce8f1184d4cb22d521545ca296ab
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
Description-en: 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.
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