How To Install groff-base.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. groff-base.x86_64 is Parts of the groff formatting system required to display manual

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `groff-base.x86_64`

The groff-base package contains only necessary parts of groff formatting system which are required to display manual pages, and the groff’s default display device (PostScript).

We can use yum to install groff-base.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install groff-base.x86_64.

Install groff-base.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install groff-base.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install groff-base.x86_64

How To Uninstall groff-base.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the groff-base.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove groff-base.x86_64

groff-base.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/groff
/etc/groff/site-font
/etc/groff/site-tmac
/etc/groff/site-tmac/man.local
/etc/groff/site-tmac/mdoc.local
/usr/bin/eqn
/usr/bin/geqn
/usr/bin/gneqn
/usr/bin/gnroff
/usr/bin/gpic
/usr/bin/groff
/usr/bin/grops
/usr/bin/grotty
/usr/bin/gsoelim
/usr/bin/gtbl
/usr/bin/gtroff
/usr/bin/neqn
/usr/bin/nroff
/usr/bin/pic
/usr/bin/post-grohtml
/usr/bin/pre-grohtml
/usr/bin/preconv
/usr/bin/soelim
/usr/bin/tbl
/usr/bin/troff
/usr/bin/zsoelim
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/BUG-REPORT
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/FDL
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/LICENSES
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/MORE.STUFF
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/groff-base-1.22.2/PROBLEMS
/usr/share/groff
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/eign
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devascii
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devascii/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devascii/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devascii/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devascii/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devascii/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devhtml/S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devlatin1
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devlatin1/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devlatin1/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devlatin1/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devlatin1/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devlatin1/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/AB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/ABI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/AI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/AR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/BMB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/BMBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/BMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/BMR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/EURO
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HNB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HNBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HNI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HNR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/HR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/NB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/NBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/NI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/NR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/PB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/PBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/PI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/PR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/SS
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/TB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/TBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/TI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/TR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/ZCMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/ZD
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/ZDR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/download
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/freeeuro.afm
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/freeeuro.pfa_
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/Makefile
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/afmname
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/dingbats.map
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/dingbats.rmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/lgreekmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/symbolchars
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/symbolsl.afm
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/generate/textmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/prologue
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/symbolsl.pfa_
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/text.enc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/zapfdr.pfa_
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devutf8
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devutf8/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devutf8/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devutf8/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devutf8/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devutf8/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/an-ext.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/an-old.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/an.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/andoc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/composite.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/cp1047.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/cs.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/de.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/den.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/devtag.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/doc-old.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/doc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/eqnrc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/europs.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/fallbacks.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/fr.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/html-end.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/html.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphen.cs
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphen.den
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphen.det
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphen.fr
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphen.sv
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphen.us
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphenex.cs
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphenex.det
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/hyphenex.us
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/ja.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/latin1.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/latin2.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/latin5.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/latin9.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/man.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mandoc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mdoc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mdoc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/mdoc/doc-syms
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/papersize.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/pic.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/ps.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/psatk.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/psold.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/pspic.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/safer.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/sv.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/trans.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/troffrc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/troffrc-end
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/tty-char.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/tty.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/unicode.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/www.tmac
/usr/share/groff/current
/usr/share/man/man1/eqn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/geqn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gneqn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gnroff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grops.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grotty.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsoelim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gtbl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gtroff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/neqn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nroff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/preconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/soelim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tbl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zsoelim.1.gz

References

groff-base.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.