How To Install texlive-metafont on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-metafont on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-metafont is A system for specifying fonts

Introduction

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

What is texlive-metafont

The program takes a semi-algorithmic specification of a font, and produces a bitmap font (whose properties are defined by a set of parameters of the target device), and a set metrics for use by TeX. The bitmap output may be converted into a format directly usable by a device driver, etc., by the tools provided in the parallel mfware distribution. (Third parties have developed tools to convert the bitmap output to outline fonts.) The distribution includes the source of Knuth’s Metafont book; this source is there to read, as an example of writing TeX – it should not be processed without Knuth’s direct permission.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-metafont

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-metafont

How To Uninstall texlive-metafont on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-metafont

texlive-metafont Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/inimf
/usr/bin/mf
/usr/bin/mf-nowin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/82691d6cacc6ba67e2430785f0b87107696f16
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/0a9bb7232e2abb1741ad480d0e88f4ca86bbda
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-metafont
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-metafont/knuth.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/inimf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mf-nowin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mf.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/mf.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/plain.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config/cmmf.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config/mf.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/mode2dpi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/mode2dpixy.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modename.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modes.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/ps2mfbas.mf

References

Summary

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