How To Install texlive-fontspec on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fontspec on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-fontspec is Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fontspec

Fontspec is a package for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. It provides an automatic and unified interface to feature-rich AAT and OpenType fonts through the NFSS in LaTeX running on XeTeX or LuaTeX engines. The package requires the l3kernel and xparse bundles from the LaTeX 3 development team.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fontspec

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fontspec

How To Uninstall texlive-fontspec on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fontspec

texlive-fontspec Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontspec
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontspec/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fontspec
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fontspec/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fontspec/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fontspec/fontspec-example.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fontspec/fontspec.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec-luatex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec-xetex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.sty

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Summary

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