How To Install adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8.
What is adobe-mappings-pdf
Mapping resources for PDF have a variety of functions, such as mapping CIDs (Character IDs) to character codes, or mapping character codes to other character codes. These mapping resources for PDF should not be confused with CMap resources. While both types of resources share the same file structure and syntax, they have very different functions. These PDF mapping resources are useful for some applications (e.g. Ghostscript) to function properly.
We can use yum or dnf to install adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install adobe-mappings-pdf.
Install adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install adobe-mappings-pdf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install adobe-mappings-pdf
Install adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install adobe-mappings-pdf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install adobe-mappings-pdf
How To Uninstall adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the adobe-mappings-pdf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove adobe-mappings-pdf
adobe-mappings-pdf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/adobe
/usr/share/adobe/resources
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/90ms-RKSJ-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/90pv-RKSJ-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/90pv-RKSJ-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-B5pc
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-ETen-B5
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-GBK-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-GBpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-90ms-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-90pv-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-PS-H
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-PS-V
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-KSCms-UHC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-KSCpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/B5pc-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/B5pc-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/ETen-B5-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/GBK-EUC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/GBpc-EUC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/GBpc-EUC-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/KSCms-UHC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/KSCpc-EUC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/KSCpc-EUC-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-90ms-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-90pv-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-B5pc
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-ETen-B5
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-GBK-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-GBpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-KSCms-UHC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-KSCpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-CNS1-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-GB1-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-Japan1-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-Korea1-UCS2
/usr/share/doc/adobe-mappings-pdf
/usr/share/doc/adobe-mappings-pdf/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/adobe-mappings-pdf
/usr/share/licenses/adobe-mappings-pdf/LICENSE.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install adobe-mappings-pdf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.