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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-marvosym.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-marvosym.noarch is Martin Vogel’s Symbols (marvosym) font

Introduction

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

What is texlive-marvosym.noarch

Martin Vogel’s Symbol font (marvosym) contains the Euro currency symbol as defined by the European commission, along with symbols for structural engineering; symbols for steel cross-sections; astronomy signs (sun, moon, planets); the 12 signs of the zodiac; scissor symbols; CE sign and others. The package contains both the original TrueType font and the derived Type 1 font, together with support files for TeX (LaTeX). date

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

Install texlive-marvosym.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-marvosym.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-marvosym.noarch

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

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

sudo yum remove texlive-marvosym.noarch

texlive-marvosym.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/texlive-marvosym-svn29349.2.2a
/usr/share/doc/texlive-marvosym-svn29349.2.2a/ofl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/marvosym/marvosym.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/marvosym/marvosym.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/marvosym/umvs.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/marvosym/marvosym.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/marvosym/marvosym.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/marvosym/marvosym.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/marvosym/umvs.fd

References

Summary

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