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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-multido.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-multido.noarch is A loop facility for Generic TeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-multido.noarch

The package provides the \multido command, which was originally designed for use with with PSTricks. Fixed-point arithmetic is used when working on the loop variable, so that the package is equally applicable in graphics applications like PSTricks as it is with the more common integer loops. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-multido.noarch

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

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

sudo yum remove texlive-multido.noarch

texlive-multido.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/texlive-multido-svn18302.1.42
/usr/share/doc/texlive-multido-svn18302.1.42/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/multido/multido.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/multido/multido.sty

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Summary

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