How To Install texlive-mparhack on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mparhack on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-mparhack is A workaround for a LaTeX bug in marginpars

Introduction

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

What is texlive-mparhack

Implements a workaround for the LaTeX bug that marginpars will sometimes come out at the wrong margin.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mparhack

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-mparhack

How To Uninstall texlive-mparhack on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-mparhack

texlive-mparhack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mparhack
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mparhack/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mparhack
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mparhack/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mparhack/mparhack.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mparhack
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mparhack/mparhack.sty

References

Summary

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