How To Install texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8

texlive-gsftopk is Convert ghostscript fonts to PK files

Introduction

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

What is texlive-gsftopk

Designed for use with xdvi and dvips this utility converts Adobe Type 1 fonts to PK bitmap format. It should not ordinarily be much used nowadays, since both its target applications are now capable of dealing with Type 1 fonts, direct.

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

Install texlive-gsftopk 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-gsftopk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-gsftopk

Install texlive-gsftopk 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-gsftopk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-gsftopk

How To Uninstall texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-gsftopk

texlive-gsftopk Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/gsftopk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/2183032ea599ec91464c57c3225f32fa88b54f
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gsftopk
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gsftopk/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/gsftopk.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/gsftopk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/gsftopk/render.ps

References

Summary

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