On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 04:48:11PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Clarke, > > I tried to access the groff texinfo system on my Ubuntu Linux system, > > but it's not there (groff 1.18.1). When I go to the Add/Remove menu > > item under Applications, it seems unable to find anything (It's > > supposed to be looking at all sources). > > > > It doesn't seem to find the Debian resources. All of the normal groff > > stuff seems to be there except info. So how do I get it through the > > package installer without breaking anything? > > On Ubuntu 8.04 with package groff version 1.18.1.1-16 installed I find > typing `info' results in a page with > > Miscellaneous > * Groff: (groff). The GNU troff document formatting [...] > The info files themselves are in the groff package.
Sorry for my delay in replying. I suspect that Clarke's problem was as you say in the last sentence above: the info files are in the groff package. Only groff-base is installed by default, which is enough to read manual pages but does not have all the documentation, devices, etc. You can install the groff package using System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. Regards, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org]
