How to Install and Uninstall groff-base Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "groff-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to install groff-base on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: groff-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: text
Source: groff
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3642
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_1.22.4-6_amd64.deb
Size: 864456
MD5sum: d4493d9a671b802a6b452a93e1d66d8b
SHA1: a21c813b7ab187715e809fac2b951de6ef1eed64
SHA256: 8171951be1cc3ddf466e4642869d96ac5fc1eb491c02fe7ede74841373aaa632
SHA512: 03c49422655b5f2fd3f79250f08dc10b5c4cd96c80a2d282e9f5565ebb7bf018f534df5ab993003f4dc231780024dd956abb3b48ef6411ea9ff755769b272a00
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