How to Install and Uninstall groff-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "groff-base" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install groff-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: groff-base
Priority: standard
Section: text
Installed-Size: 3226
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Source: groff
Version: 1.22.3-7
Replaces: groff (<< 1.20.1-6), jgroff (<< 1.17-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Suggests: groff
Breaks: groff (<< 1.17-1), jgroff (<< 1.17-1), pmake (<< 1.45-7), troffcvt (<< 1.04-14)
Filename: pool/main/g/groff/groff-base_1.22.3-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1150932
MD5sum: 7afb23ed2960cd67ab3196f29b9ff7e2
SHA1: 796bf3ccff509934126a41491c2e4065189bd534
SHA256: 02d5fb04d839237acccf6f6d1fc675103a41f4b21642049e0ae551ec43f56796
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-sdk