How To Install texlive-fontbook on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fontbook on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-fontbook is Generate a font book

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fontbook

The package provides a means of producing a ‘book’ of font samples (for evaluation, etc.).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fontbook

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fontbook

How To Uninstall texlive-fontbook on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fontbook

texlive-fontbook Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontbook
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontbook/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/fontbook
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/fontbook/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/fontbook/fontbook-freefonts.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/fontbook/fontbook-freefonts.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/fontbook/fontbook.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/fontbook
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/fontbook/fontbook.sty

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Summary

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