How To Install texlive-texlive-scripts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texlive-scripts on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-texlive-scripts is TeX Live infrastructure programs

Introduction

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

What is texlive-texlive-scripts

Includes install-tl, tl-portable, rungs, etc.; not needed for tlmgr to run but still ours. Not included in tlcritical.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-texlive-scripts

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-texlive-scripts

How To Uninstall texlive-texlive-scripts on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-texlive-scripts

texlive-texlive-scripts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/man/man1/install-tl.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/lua/texlive/getopt.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/lua/texlive/tlpdb.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/lua/texlive/utils.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/rungs.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/test-tlpdb.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/texconf.tlu

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Summary

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