How To Install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8. groff-base is Parts of the groff formatting system required to display manual pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `groff-base`

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 or dnf to install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install groff-base.

Install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install groff-base

Install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install groff-base

How To Uninstall groff-base on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove groff-base

groff-base Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/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/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/3866281238aef847a5d45716d4ea8561cebb9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/dc49c9bc4cbd1a07e4083aa201ef699805be22
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/43f8469d6c06530eb6e6eb35077218f3c4acea
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/5d7872ef95606a5e72b2d85ded181d58f785de
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/790620c07f927dbfa4855034d7dd4b023e991b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/4fb1eb8bcf7955534c0a874c823da7ef43aff0
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/e0b7ffca7a0c0ad1c0a854f05f3b999d66de57
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/d4b074efe101c34569201ae97e833581732f43
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/a3afa85cefaf3681573e7f303599be951e543d
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/86b33be46f109c8c6e2925b33a1b59b3cb1b64
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/9cbeab3b9d370f0535686579df0e56f121fe07
/usr/lib64/groff
/usr/share/doc/groff-base
/usr/share/doc/groff-base/BUG-REPORT
/usr/share/doc/groff-base/MORE.STUFF
/usr/share/doc/groff-base/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/groff-base/PROBLEMS
/usr/share/groff
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/eign
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devascii
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devascii/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devascii/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devascii/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devascii/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devascii/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devhtml/S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devlatin1
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devlatin1/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devlatin1/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devlatin1/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devlatin1/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devlatin1/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/AB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/ABI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/AI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/AR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/BMB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/BMBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/BMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/BMR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/CB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/CBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/CI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/CR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/EURO
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HNB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HNBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HNI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HNR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/HR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/NB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/NBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/NI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/NR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/PB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/PBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/PI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/PR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/S
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/SS
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/TB
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/TBI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/TI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/TR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/ZCMI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/ZD
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/ZDR
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/download
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/freeeuro.afm
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/freeeuro.pfa_
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/Makefile
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/afmname
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/dingbats.map
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/dingbats.rmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/lgreekmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/symbolchars
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/symbolsl.afm
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/generate/textmap
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/prologue
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/symbolsl.pfa_
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/text.enc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/zapfdr.pfa_
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devutf8
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devutf8/B
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devutf8/BI
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devutf8/DESC
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devutf8/I
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devutf8/R
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/an-ext.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/an-old.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/an.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/andoc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/composite.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/cp1047.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/cs.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/de.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/den.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/devtag.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/doc-old.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/doc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/eqnrc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/europs.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/fallbacks.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/fr.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/html-end.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/html.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphen.cs
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphen.den
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphen.det
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphen.fr
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphen.sv
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphen.us
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphenex.cs
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphenex.det
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/hyphenex.us
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/ja.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/latin1.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/latin2.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/latin5.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/latin9.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/man.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mandoc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mdoc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mdoc.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/mdoc/doc-syms
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/papersize.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/pic.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/ps.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/psatk.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/psold.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/pspic.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/safer.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/sv.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/trans.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/troffrc
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/troffrc-end
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/tty-char.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/tty.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/unicode.tmac
/usr/share/groff/1.22.3/tmac/www.tmac
/usr/share/groff/current
/usr/share/licenses/groff-base
/usr/share/licenses/groff-base/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/groff-base/FDL
/usr/share/licenses/groff-base/LICENSES
/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 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install groff-base on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.