How To Install texlive-latexconfig on CentOS 8

texlive-latexconfig is latexconfig package

Introduction

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

What is texlive-latexconfig

latexconfig package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-latexconfig

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-latexconfig

How To Uninstall texlive-latexconfig on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-latexconfig

texlive-latexconfig Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/hyperref.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/latex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/lualatex-patch-kernel.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/lualatex-reset-codes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/lualatexiniconfig.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/lualatexquotejobname.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/lualatexquotejobname.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/mllatex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/pdflatex.ini

References

Summary

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