How To Install texlive-chktex on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-chktex on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-chktex is Check for errors in LaTeX documents

Introduction

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

What is texlive-chktex

The program reports typographic and other errors in LaTeX documents. Filters are also provided for checking the LaTeX parts of CWEB documents.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-chktex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-chktex

How To Uninstall texlive-chktex on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-chktex

texlive-chktex Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/chktex
/usr/bin/chkweb
/usr/bin/deweb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/d9336467553bb3485422a21d3a06b7ae1e61ac
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chktex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chktex/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/chktex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/chkweb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/deweb.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/chktex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/chktex/chktexrc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/chktex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/chktex/ChkTeX.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/chktex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/chktex/chkweb.sh
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/chktex/deweb.pl

References

Summary

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