How to Install and Uninstall groff Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 26,2024

You can also install and uninstall the groff on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "groff" package

Please follow the steps below to install groff on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                groff
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "groff" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall groff on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                groff
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the groff package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: groff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-8build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11680
Provides: groff-x11, jgroff
Depends: groff-base (= 1.22.4-8build1), libc6 (>= 2.35), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxaw7 (>= 2:1.0.14), libxmu6 (>= 2:1.1.3), libxt6
Recommends: ghostscript, imagemagick, libpaper1, netpbm, perl, psutils
Filename: pool/universe/g/groff/groff_1.22.4-8build1_amd64.deb
Size: 4103720
MD5sum: 727edf36f5a186a670df385bce9b0445
SHA1: eed0a54045c669ae10ef6d34b946088ae06f4ab2
SHA256: a5de87bb166938719970e63f8ab1b6af2e936fcfea6e6e4b47c997f3a3946bf2
SHA512: 48fa72693ab96a1a4dae259cc4d68443a3ae499735413960bd065e9693128a3857cad10d0127223ee995814909e200515e61304db14437acf1ea48be14072eec
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
Description: GNU troff text-formatting system
Description-md5: 11123d1736a0022d49d06092e56ad563