Error to build a pdf file with groff

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aaronm
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Error to build a pdf file with groff

Post by aaronm » 2019/10/03 10:06:51

groff should build pdf files. With CentOS 7 it works fine after install yum install groff.

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groff -ms paperboy.ms -t -T pdf -K utf8 -P -pa4 > paperboy.pdf
I get this error message:

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groff: can't find `DESC' file
groff:fatal error: invalid device `pdf'
It seems that only the groff-base.i686.x86 is installed, so I tried

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dnf --enable repo = PowerTools install groff
because dnf install groff doesn't work

dnf search groff

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========================= Name Exactly Matched: groff ==========================
groff.x86_64 : A document formatting system
======================== Summary & Name Matched: groff =========================
groff-base.x86_64 : Parts of the groff formatting system required to display
                  : manual pages
groff-base.i686 : Parts of the groff formatting system required to display
                : manual pages
groff-base.x86_64 : Parts of the groff formatting system required to display
                  : manual pages
The problem is not solved.

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