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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xesearch.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-xesearch.noarch is A string finder for XeTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xesearch.noarch

The package finds strings (e.g. (parts of) words or phrases) and manipulates them (apply any macro), thus turning each word or phrase into a possible command. It is written in plain XeTeX and should thus work with any format (it is known to work with LaTeX and ConTeXt). The main application for the moment is XeIndex, an automatic index for XeLaTeX, but examples are given of simple use to check spelling, count words, and highlight syntax of programming languages. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xesearch.noarch

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

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

sudo yum remove texlive-xesearch.noarch

texlive-xesearch.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/texlive-xesearch-svn16041.0
/usr/share/doc/texlive-xesearch-svn16041.0/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xetex/xesearch/t-xesearch.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xetex/xesearch/xesearch.sty

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Summary

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