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

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-perl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. groff-perl.x86_64 is Parts of the groff formatting system that require Perl

Introduction

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

What is `groff-perl.x86_64`

The groff-perl package contains the parts of the groff text processor package that require Perl. These include the afmtodit (font processor for creating PostScript font files), groffer (tool for displaying groff files), grog (utility that can be used to automatically determine groff command-line options), chem (groff preprocessor for producing chemical structure diagrams), mmroff (reference preprocessor) and roff2dvi roff2html roff2pdf roff2ps roff2text roff2x (roff code converters).

We can use yum to install groff-perl.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-perl.x86_64.

Install groff-perl.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-perl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install groff-perl.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove groff-perl.x86_64

groff-perl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/afmtodit
/usr/bin/chem
/usr/bin/groffer
/usr/bin/grog
/usr/bin/gropdf
/usr/bin/mmroff
/usr/bin/pdfmom
/usr/bin/roff2dvi
/usr/bin/roff2html
/usr/bin/roff2pdf
/usr/bin/roff2ps
/usr/bin/roff2text
/usr/bin/roff2x
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/AB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/ABI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/AI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/AR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/BMB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/BMBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/BMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/BMR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/EURO
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/Foundry
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HNB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HNBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HNI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HNR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/HR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/NB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/NBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/NI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/NR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/PB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/PBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/PI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/PR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/TB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/TBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/TI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/TR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-AB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-ABI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-AI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-AR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-BMB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-BMBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-BMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-BMR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HNB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HNBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HNI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HNR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-HR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-NB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-NBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-NI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-NR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-PB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-PBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-PI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-PR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-TB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-TBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-TI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-TR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-ZCMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/U-ZD
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/ZCMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/ZD
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/download
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/enc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/enc/text.enc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/map
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/map/dingbats.map
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/map/symbolchars
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/map/symbolmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devpdf/map/textmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/groffer
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/groffer/func.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/groffer/man.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/groffer/perl_test.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/groffer/split_env.sh
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/groffer/version.sh
/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/pdf.tmac
/usr/share/man/man1/afmtodit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/chem.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gropdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmroff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfmom.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz

References

groff-perl.x86_64 website

Summary

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