Groff expects an enviornment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size. For those in the United States, the text below is appropriate. For those who's default paper size is the larger "A4", you may safely change the value used when we configure the Groff package: PAGE=letter ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make And install it: make install Some documentation programs, such as xman, will not work work properly without the following symlinks: ln -s soelim /usr/bin/zsoelim ln -s eqn /usr/bin/geqn ln -s tbl /usr/bin/gtbl