How To Install texlive-xdvi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xdvi on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-xdvi is A DVI previewer for the X Window System

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xdvi

The canonical previewer for use on Unix and other X-windows based systems. The distribution has been integrated with that of xdvik (no longer separately available), so that it will build with web2c “out of the box”. In practice, it is usually distributed via Tex-live.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xdvi

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xdvi

How To Uninstall texlive-xdvi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xdvi

texlive-xdvi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xdvi
/usr/bin/xdvi-xaw
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/04e602c29941f044d50ca9dd4a650c3c6b6390
/usr/share/man/man1/xdvi.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/xdvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/xdvi/config.xdvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/XDvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/pixmap
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/pixmap/toolbar.xpm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/pixmap/toolbar2.xpm

References

Summary

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