How To Install texlive-etex on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-etex is An extended version of TeX, from the NTS project

Introduction

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

What is texlive-etex

An extended version of TeX (which is capable of running as if it were TeX unmodified). E-TeX has been specified by the LaTeX team as the engine for the development of LaTeX, in the immediate future; as a result, LaTeX programmers may (in all current TeX distributions) assume e-TeX functionality.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-etex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-etex

How To Uninstall texlive-etex on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-etex

texlive-etex Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-etex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-etex/knuth.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/etex.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/NTS-FAQ
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/etex_gen.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/etex_man.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/etex_man.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/etex_man.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/etex_ref.html
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/etex_src.html
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/legal.html
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/nts-group.html
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/webmerge.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/etex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/etex/xbmc10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/etex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/etex/xbmc10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex/etex.src
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex/etexdefs.lib

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Summary

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