How To Install texlive-xtab on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xtab on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-xtab is Break tables across pages

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xtab

Xtab is an extended and somewhat improved version of supertabular; it provides tables that break across pages.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xtab

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xtab

How To Uninstall texlive-xtab on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xtab

texlive-xtab Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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

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Summary

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