How To Install texlive-finstrut on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-finstrut on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-finstrut is Adjust behaviour of the ends of footnotes

Introduction

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

What is texlive-finstrut

The LaTeX internal command @finalstrut is used automatically used at the end of footnote texts to insert a strut to avoid mis-spacing of multiple footnotes. Unfortunately the command can cause a blank line at the end of a footnote. The package provides a solution to this problem.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-finstrut

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-finstrut

How To Uninstall texlive-finstrut on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-finstrut

texlive-finstrut Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-finstrut
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-finstrut/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/finstrut
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/finstrut/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/finstrut/SRCFILEs.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/finstrut/finstrut.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/finstrut/fstrutst.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/finstrut
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/finstrut/finstrut.sty

References

Summary

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