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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "groff-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to install groff-base on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall groff-base on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: groff-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: text
Source: groff
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3586
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 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)
Replaces: groff (<< 1.22.4~rc2-2), jgroff (<< 1.17-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/groff/groff-base_1.22.4-5_amd64.deb
Size: 847228
MD5sum: a10889a9c9a678ec3a3776dcf53d138b
SHA1: 1ca9979e0b6ac4e9de1d74404d027d353cfa910d
SHA256: 7796888cf2a424b91edca9405f21fc22597ce694553e75d0909395e8b227a858
SHA512: 9d092a1f7afa98be0be7b8fd2fdb24777f31bb94230938aee18b7ca8b6177ca7cbea2571ed136125d6dbddd95d1f0dc70d7dfe78280cf115b4d7e3204b749068
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
Description-en: 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: 106eb90e9251712205de3a823876b349
Task: standard