How To Install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8

texlive-graphics-def is Colour and graphics option files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-graphics-def

This bundle is a combined distribution consisting of dvips.def, pdftex.def, luatex.def, xetex.def, dvipdfmx.def, and dvisvgm.def driver option files for the LaTeX graphics and color packages. It is hoped that by combining their source repositories at https be easier to coordinate updates.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-graphics-def.

Install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-graphics-def using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-graphics-def

Install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-graphics-def using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-graphics-def

How To Uninstall texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the texlive-graphics-def package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-graphics-def

texlive-graphics-def Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-graphics-def
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-graphics-def/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/dvipdfmx.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/dvips.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/dvisvgm.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/luatex.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/pdftex.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/xetex.def

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.