How To Install texlive-fontawesome on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fontawesome on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-fontawesome is Font containing web-related icons

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fontawesome

The package offers access to the large number of web-related icons provided by the included font. The package requires the package, fontspec, if run with XeTeX or LuaTeX.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fontawesome

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fontawesome

How To Uninstall texlive-fontawesome on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fontawesome

texlive-fontawesome Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontawesome
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontawesome/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fontawesome/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fontawesome/fontawesome.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fontawesome/fontawesome.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/fontawesome/fontawesomeone.enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/fontawesome/fontawesomethree.enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/fontawesome/fontawesometwo.enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/fontawesome/fontawesome.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/fontawesome/FontAwesome.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/fontawesome/FontAwesome--fontawesomeone.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/fontawesome/FontAwesome--fontawesomethree.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/fontawesome/FontAwesome--fontawesometwo.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fontawesome/FontAwesome.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/fontawesome.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/fontawesomesymbols-generic.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/fontawesomesymbols-pdftex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/fontawesomesymbols-xeluatex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/ufontawesomeone.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/ufontawesomethree.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/ufontawesometwo.fd

References

Summary

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