Installation of Groff from the Linux from Scratch by OnWorks

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6.59.1. Installation of Groff

Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size. For users in the United States, PAGE=letter is appropriate. Elsewhere, PAGE=A4 may be more suitable. While the default paper size is configured during compilation, it can be overridden later by echoing either “A4” or “letter” to the /etc/papersize file.

Prepare Groff for compilation:

PAGE=<paper_size> ./configure --prefix=/usr

This package does not support parallel build. Compile the package:

make -j1

This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package:

make install

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