How To Install texlive-luaotfload on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luaotfload on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-luaotfload is OpenType ’loader’ for Plain TeX and LaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-luaotfload

The package adopts the TrueType/OpenType Font loader code provided in ConTeXt, and adapts it to use in Plain TeX and LaTeX. It works under LuaLaTeX only.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-luaotfload

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-luaotfload

How To Uninstall texlive-luaotfload on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-luaotfload

texlive-luaotfload Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/luaotfload-tool
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luaotfload
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luaotfload/gpl2.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/luaotfload-tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/luaotfload.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/NEWS
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/filegraph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.conf.example
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/luaotfload/valgrind-kpse-suppression.sup
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/luaotfload
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/luaotfload/luaotfload-tool.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-2019-02-14.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-basics-chr.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-basics-gen.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-basics-nod.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-data-con.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-afk.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-cff.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-cid.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-con.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-def.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-dsp.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-imp-effects.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-imp-italics.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-imp-ligatures.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-imp-tex.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-ini.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-lua.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-map.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-ocl.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-one.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-onr.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-osd.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-ota.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-otc.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-oti.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-otj.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-otl.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-oto.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-otr.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-ots.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-ott.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-oup.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-tfm.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-ttf.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-font-vfc.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-def.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-enc.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-ext.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-gbn.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-lig.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-mis.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-fonts-syn.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-boolean.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-file.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-function.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-io.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-lpeg.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-lua.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-math.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-string.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-table.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-l-unicode.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-reference.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-util-fil.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/fontloader-util-str.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-auxiliary.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-blacklist.cnf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-characters.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-colors.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-configuration.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-database.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-diagnostics.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-features.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-filelist.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-glyphlist.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-init.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-letterspace.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-loaders.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-log.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-main.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-parsers.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-resolvers.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-status.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.sty

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Summary

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