How to Install and Uninstall groff-base Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "groff-base" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install groff-base on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall groff-base on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: groff-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: text
Source: groff
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3435
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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_1.22.4-7_amd64.deb
Size: 955592
MD5sum: 01bf6085fca61edbfed2a58b48da2f5a
SHA1: e804b51d80b1c19a5bffb6ca264f49a2d7cf8da6
SHA256: fceae711c92bf1bfbc8bb51a8aedec08664c7dda78a29699ae5ad86a3128c9c3
SHA512: f600a3148c9046932ea6f65922f961a018d87036a2235176d23812422f00bc2fc3286fc3cfacf15b3d13ffd6fe726a3ade20b2609da8368b77bc631193c4dc1e
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