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bug #61193: failure to install refer pre-processor

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 21 Sep 2021 10:03:30 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Preprocessor refer Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Build/Installation Status:  Invalid
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  gbranden
Open/Closed:  Closed Planned Release:  None
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Thu 23 Sep 2021 12:24:42 PM UTC, comment #1: 

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> I have just used yum to install groff-x11.86_64 on a RedHat system and it does not give me the refer pre-processor. How do I install refer please.


Hi there,

I'm afraid you'll need to contact a support channel for your distribution vendor.  The Savannah ticket tracker is for upstream development of groff by the GNU Project; we don't have a lot of information about distributor packages (and I myself am a Debian user).

I did find this:

https://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/x86_64/g/groff-1.22.4-8.fc35.x86_64.html

...which suggests that the `refer` program should be supplied by the `groff` package...at least if you're running Fedora.  Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a proprietary distribution with support available only to subscribers, so if that's what you mean by "RedHat", you may want to use the RHEL subscribers' portal to get support.

I would not expect to find `refer` in a package called `groff-x11`, which if reasonably maintained, should contain only the `gxditview` program and related files.  Most of groff has no dependency upon the X Window System.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Branden


G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
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Tue 21 Sep 2021 10:03:30 AM UTC, original submission:  

I have just used yum to install groff-x11.86_64 on a RedHat system and it does not give me the refer pre-processor. How do I install refer please.

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2022-01-22 gbranden CategoryNone Preprocessor refer
        Item GroupNone Build/Installation
        Summaryfailure to instal refer pre-processor failure to install refer pre-processor
    2021-09-23 gbranden StatusNone Invalid
        Assigned toNone gbranden
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed

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