How To Install groff-perl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-perl in Fedora 36. groff-perl is Parts of the groff formatting system that require Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-perl on Fedora 36.

What is groff-perl

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 or dnf to install groff-perl on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install groff-perl.

Install groff-perl on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install groff-perl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install groff-perl

Install groff-perl on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install groff-perl

How To Uninstall groff-perl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove groff-perl

groff-perl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/afmtodit
/usr/bin/chem
/usr/bin/glilypond
/usr/bin/gperl
/usr/bin/gpinyin
/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/lib64/groff/glilypond
/usr/lib64/groff/glilypond/args.pl
/usr/lib64/groff/glilypond/oop_fh.pl
/usr/lib64/groff/glilypond/subs.pl
/usr/lib64/groff/gpinyin
/usr/lib64/groff/gpinyin/subs.pl
/usr/lib64/groff/grog
/usr/lib64/groff/grog/subs.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/AB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/ABI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/AI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/AR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/BMB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/BMBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/BMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/BMR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/EURO
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/Foundry
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HNB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HNBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HNI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HNR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/HR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/NB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/NBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/NI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/NR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/PB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/PBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/PI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/PR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/TB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/TBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/TI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/TR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/ZCMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/ZD
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/download
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/enc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/enc/text.enc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/map
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/map/dingbats.map
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/map/symbolchars
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/map/symbolmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/map/textmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/groffer
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/groffer/main_subs.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/groffer/man.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/groffer/split_env.sh
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/groffer/subs.pl
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/groffer/version.sh
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/tmac/pdf.tmac
/usr/share/man/man1/afmtodit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/chem.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpinyin.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

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-perl on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).