Cannot find the module of “pfbtops"
Dear All I'd like to ask for your kind help with the installation of GROFF. Actually I'm trying to install another software (EPACTS), which requires to install GROFF first, but an error as follows was given: checking for groff... yes checking for pfbtops... no configure: error: Please install pfbtops from groff package at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/ before installing. The GROFF software has been successfully installed, for example, the command "groff --version" works well (version 1..22.2). Does it mean the module "pfbtops" was not installed? If that's the case, how can I install the specific module of "pfbtops"? I tried different methods to deal with this problem, such as installing different version of GROFF, but it still failed. The linux system is Red Hat 4.8.5-28. Many thanks and looking forward to your kind reply. Best, Kevin
RE: Cannot find the module of “pfbtops"
Thanks Damian for the reply. I think it's not the 'psutils' package, actually 'pfbtops' is a part of 'Groff' package (refer to: https://www.mankier.com/1/pfbtops ). I have installed the 'Groff' package as described by http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-museum/5.1-pre1/LFS-BOOK-5.1-PRE1-HTML/chapter06/groff.html, but I'm not sure why only a part of it was installed. I got some information that someone also encountered the same problem (https://github.com/UCL-RITS/rcps-buildscripts/issues/163 ), but this guy didn't show how to solve this problem. Best, Kevin -Original Message- From: Damian McGuckin Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 12:15 PM To: wong kevin Cc: 'groff@gnu.org' Subject: Re: Cannot find the module of “pfbtops" On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, wong kevin wrote: > checking for pfbtops... no > configure: error: Please install pfbtops from groff package at > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/ before installing. Isn't this is the 'psutils' package? Regards - Damian Pacific Engineering Systems International, 277-279 Broadway, Glebe NSW 2037 Ph:+61-2-8571-0847 .. Fx:+61-2-9692-9623 | unsolicited email not wanted here Views & opinions here are mine and not those of any past or present employer
RE: Cannot find the module of ?pfbtops"
Thanks for all replies. I re-installed the Groff packages and now it works. It's probably only a part of it was installed by default. Thanks for all kind help. -Original Message- From: groff On Behalf Of Tadziu Hoffmann Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 3:38 AM To: groff@gnu.org Subject: Re: Cannot find the module of ?pfbtops" > Of course, if you're on the packaging team, and want to make claims > about the number of supported packages, then 5 is better than 1 or 2. Peanuts. On openSUSE texlive is split into more than 6000 (!) packages...
