How To Install texlive-unicode-math on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-unicode-math on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-unicode-math is Unicode mathematics support for XeTeX and LuaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-unicode-math

The current release of this package typesets mathematics with unicode input and using OpenType maths fonts. (There is little compatibility with older maths packages.) XeTeX support is well tested, though LuaTeX support less so. The package can typeset using STIX fonts, the XITS development of those fonts, the Asana-Math fonts, the Latin Modern Math, and the TeX Gyre Math font familiess, as well as the commercial Cambria Math fonts. There is no support for extra alphabets in the Unicode ‘private use area’. The package relies on recent versions of the fontspec package and the l3kernel and l3packages bundles.

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

Install texlive-unicode-math 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-unicode-math using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-unicode-math

Install texlive-unicode-math 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-unicode-math using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-unicode-math

How To Uninstall texlive-unicode-math on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-unicode-math

texlive-unicode-math Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-unicode-math
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-unicode-math/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math-doc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/unimath-example.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/unimath-symbols.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/unicode-math/unimath-symbols.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math-luatex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math-table.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math-xetex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math.sty

References

Summary

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