XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 30/10/2025 10:28, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   It was indeed /usr/bin/groff using that command, although I see that   
   groff appears in many other folders according to Nemo's search facility.   
      
   >    2. "dpkg -S /usr/bin/groff" to get the package name that installed   
   >        the file.  It'll probably be "groff-base"   
      
   It was.   
      
   >    3. "apt install groff" to install the full package.   
      
   Successfully installed. There's quite a lot of it, but I've plenty of   
   disk space.   
      
   >    4. Run that command from Lawrence again   
      
   It worked perfectly and that pdf is *much* easier to read than a   
   screenful of "manual" instructions in the Terminal. I've saved it for   
   future reference.   
      
   Thanks for the help. I switched from Windows to Linux 10 years ago -   
   first Ubuntu and then Mint - and will be a "newbie" forever! But as long   
   as there are experts willing to help out and provide the /exact/   
   instructions to enter into a Terminal (and I've yet to find one who   
   won't), then Linux will never be the mystery that non-users make it out   
   to be. I don't need to know how what's "under the hood" works to take it   
   for a drive!   
      
   --   
   Jeff   
      
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