How To Install texlive-fp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fp on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-fp is Fixed point arithmetic

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fp

An extensive collection of arithmetic operations for fixed point real numbers of high precision.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fp

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fp

How To Uninstall texlive-fp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fp

texlive-fp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fp
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fp/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fp/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/fp/fp.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/defpattern.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-addons.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-basic.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-eqn.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-eval.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-exp.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-pas.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-random.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-snap.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-trigo.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp-upn.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/fp.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fp/lfp.sty

References

Summary

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