How To Install texlive-colortbl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-colortbl on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-colortbl is Add colour to LaTeX tables

Introduction

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

What is texlive-colortbl

The package allows rows and columns to be coloured, and even individual cells.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-colortbl

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-colortbl

How To Uninstall texlive-colortbl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-colortbl

texlive-colortbl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-colortbl
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-colortbl/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/colortbl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/colortbl/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/colortbl/colortbl-DE.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/colortbl/colortbl-DE.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/colortbl/colortbl.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/colortbl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/colortbl/colortbl.sty

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Summary

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