How To Install texlive-pst-blur on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pst-blur on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-pst-blur is PSTricks package for “blurred” shadows

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pst-blur

Pst-blur is a package built for use with PSTricks. It provides macros that apply blurring to the normal shadow function of PSTricks.

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

Install texlive-pst-blur 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-pst-blur using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pst-blur

Install texlive-pst-blur 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-pst-blur using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-pst-blur

How To Uninstall texlive-pst-blur on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pst-blur

texlive-pst-blur Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pst-blur
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pst-blur/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pst-blur
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pst-blur/Changes
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pst-blur/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pst-blur/pst-blur.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-blur
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-blur/pst-blur.pro
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-blur
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-blur/pst-blur.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-blur
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-blur/pst-blur.sty

References

Summary

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