How To Install texlive-pspicture on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pspicture on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-pspicture is PostScript picture support

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pspicture

A replacement for LaTeX’s picture macros, that uses PostScript \special commands. The package is now largely superseded by pict2e.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pspicture

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-pspicture

How To Uninstall texlive-pspicture on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pspicture

texlive-pspicture Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pspicture
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pspicture/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pspicture
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pspicture/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pspicture/pspicture.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/pspicture
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/pspicture/pspicture.ps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pspicture
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pspicture/pspicture.sty

References

Summary

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