How To Install groff-base on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base on Ubuntu.
What is groff-base
groff-base is:
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.
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.
There are three methods to install groff-base on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install groff-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install groff-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install groff-base
Install groff-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install groff-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install groff-base
Install groff-base Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install groff-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install groff-base
How To Uninstall groff-base on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the groff-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove groff-base
Uninstall groff-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall groff-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove groff-base
Remove groff-base Configurations and Data
To remove groff-base configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge groff-base
Remove groff-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove groff-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge groff-base
Dependencies
groff-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.