How To Install texlive-luatex85 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex85 on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-luatex85 is pdfTeX aliases for LuaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex85 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is texlive-luatex85

The package provides emulation of pdfTeX primitives for LuaTeX v0.85+.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-luatex85 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-luatex85.

Install texlive-luatex85 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-luatex85 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-luatex85

Install texlive-luatex85 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-luatex85 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-luatex85

How To Uninstall texlive-luatex85 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the texlive-luatex85 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-luatex85

texlive-luatex85 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luatex85
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luatex85/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/luatex85
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/luatex85/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/luatex85/luatex85.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/luatex85
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/luatex85/luatex85.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex85 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.