How To Install texlive-underscore on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-underscore on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-underscore is Control the behaviour of “_” in text

Introduction

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

What is texlive-underscore

With the package, _ in text mode (i.e., \textunderscore) prints an underscore so that hyphenation of words either side of it is not affected; a package option controls whether an actual hyphenation point appears after the underscore, or merely a break point. The package also arranges that, while in text, ‘_’ itself behaves as \textunderscore (the behaviour of _ in maths mode is not affected.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-underscore

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-underscore

How To Uninstall texlive-underscore on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-underscore

texlive-underscore Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-underscore
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-underscore/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/underscore
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/underscore/miscdoc.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/underscore/underscore.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/underscore/underscore.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/underscore
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/underscore/underscore.sty

References

Summary

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