How To Install texlive-gsftopk.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gsftopk.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-gsftopk.noarch is Convert “ghostscript fonts” to PK files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gsftopk.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `texlive-gsftopk.noarch`

Designed for use with xdvi and dvips this utility converts Adobe Type 1 fonts to PK bitmap format. It should not ordinarily be much used nowadays, since both its target applications are now capable of dealing with Type 1 fonts, direct. date

We can use yum to install texlive-gsftopk.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-gsftopk.noarch.

Install texlive-gsftopk.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-gsftopk.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-gsftopk.noarch

How To Uninstall texlive-gsftopk.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the texlive-gsftopk.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove texlive-gsftopk.noarch

texlive-gsftopk.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/texlive-gsftopk-svn26689.1.19.2
/usr/share/doc/texlive-gsftopk-svn26689.1.19.2/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/gsftopk.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf/dvips/gsftopk/render.ps

References

texlive-gsftopk.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gsftopk.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.