How To Install texlive on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive on Rocky Linux 8. texlive is TeX formatting system

Introduction

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

What is texlive

The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system for a variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms. It encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection of TeX macros and font libraries. The distribution includes extensive general documentation about TeX, as well as the documentation for the included software packages.

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

Install texlive 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive

Install texlive 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive

How To Uninstall texlive on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive

texlive Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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Summary

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