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   Message 29,525 of 30,566   
   Dan Purgert to Jeff Layman   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   30 Oct 25 10:28:43   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-10-30, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   > On 29/10/2025 21:57, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> gunzip -c $(man -w bash) | groff -ktman -Tpdf | okular -   
   >   
   > (computer name):~$ gunzip -c $(man -w bash) | groff -ktman -Tpdf | okular -   
   >   
   > groff: fatal error: cannot load 'DESC' description file for device 'pdf'   
   > org.kde.okular.core: No plugin for mimetype '"application/x-zerosize"'.   
      
   Chances are you've only got 'groff-base' installed, rather than the full   
   'groff' package.   
      
      
   If you want to double-check/fix it:   
      
     1. "command -v groff" to get exact path where 'groff' happens to be   
         installed to. I expect it to be /usr/bin/groff.   
     2. "dpkg -S /usr/bin/groff" to get the package name that installed   
         the file.  It'll probably be "groff-base"   
     3. "apt install groff" to install the full package.   
     4. Run that command from Lawrence again   
      
      
      
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