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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pst-text on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-pst-text is Text and character manipulation in PSTricks

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pst-text

Pst-text is a PSTricks based package for plotting text along a different path and manipulating characters. It includes the functionality of the old package pst-char.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pst-text

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-pst-text

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

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pst-text

texlive-pst-text Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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

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Summary

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