How To Install texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-babel-german is Babel support for documents written in German

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8.

What is texlive-babel-german

The package defines LaTeX support, within the Babel package, of German (including its Austrian dialect), in both ‘old’ and ’new’ orthographies.

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

Install texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-babel-german

Install texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-babel-german

How To Uninstall texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-babel-german

texlive-babel-german Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-babel-german
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-babel-german/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-german
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-german/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-german/germanb.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-german/ngermanb.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/austrian.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/naustrian.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/ngerman.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/ngermanb.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/nswissgerman.ldf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/swissgerman.ldf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-babel-german on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.