How To Install transfig.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install transfig.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. transfig.x86_64 is Utility for converting FIG files (made by xfig) to other formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install transfig.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `transfig.x86_64`

The transfig utility creates a makefile which translates FIG (created by xfig) or PIC figures into a specified LaTeX graphics language (for example, PostScript(TM)). Transfig is used to create TeX documents which are portable (i.e., they can be printed in a wide variety of environments). Install transfig if you need a utility for translating FIG or PIC figures into certain graphics languages.

We can use yum to install transfig.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install transfig.x86_64.

Install transfig.x86_64 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 transfig.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install transfig.x86_64

How To Uninstall transfig.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the transfig.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove transfig.x86_64

transfig.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/fig2dev
/usr/bin/fig2ps2tex
/usr/bin/pic2tpic
/usr/bin/transfig
/usr/share/doc/transfig-3.2.8a
/usr/share/doc/transfig-3.2.8a/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/transfig-3.2.8a/manual.pdf
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/cs_CZ.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/hr_HR.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/hu_HU.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ja.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ja_JP.EUC.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ja_JP.eucJP.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ja_JP.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ja_JP.ujis.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/japanese.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ko.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ko_KR.EUC.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ko_KR.eucKR.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ko_KR.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/korean.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/pl_PL.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ro_RO.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ru_RU.CP1251.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/ru_RU.KOI8-R.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/sk_SK.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/sl_SI.ps
/usr/share/fig2dev/i18n/uk_UA.KOI8-U.ps
/usr/share/man/man1/fig2dev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fig2ps2tex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pic2tpic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/transfig.1.gz

References

transfig.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install transfig.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.