How To Install texlive-german on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-german on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-german is Support for German typography

Introduction

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

What is texlive-german

Supports the new German orthography (neue deutsche Rechtschreibung).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-german

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-german

How To Uninstall texlive-german on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-german

texlive-german Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-german
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-german/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/00readme.1st
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/betatest
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/betatest/00readme.1st
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/gerdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/gerdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/german.MISSING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/german/hyphxmpl.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/ngerman.sty

References

Summary

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