How To Install latex2rtf on CentOS 8

latex2rtf is LaTeX to RTF converter that handles equations, figures, and cross-references

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install latex2rtf on CentOS 8.

What is `latex2rtf`

LaTeX2rtf is a translator program which is intended to translate a LaTeX document (precisely format which can be imported by several text processors (including Microsoft Word for Windows and Word for Macintosh).

We can use yum or dnf to install latex2rtf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install latex2rtf.

Install latex2rtf 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 latex2rtf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install latex2rtf

Install latex2rtf 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 latex2rtf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install latex2rtf

How To Uninstall latex2rtf on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the latex2rtf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove latex2rtf

latex2rtf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/latex2png
/usr/bin/latex2rtf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/df947b50a8d11a40f59e9316c3916fc67cb0d1
/usr/share/doc/latex2rtf
/usr/share/doc/latex2rtf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/latex2rtf/credits
/usr/share/doc/latex2rtf/latex2rtf.html
/usr/share/doc/latex2rtf/latex2rtf.pdf
/usr/share/info/latex2rtf.info.gz
/usr/share/latex2rtf
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/afrikaans.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/bahasa.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/basque.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/brazil.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/breton.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/british.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/catalan.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/croatian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/czech.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/danish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/direct.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/dutch.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/english.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/esperanto.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/estonian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/finnish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/fonts.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/french.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/frenchb.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/galician.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/german.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/greek.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/icelandic.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/ignore.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/irish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/italian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/latin.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/lsorbian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/magyar.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/norsk.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/nynorsk.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/polish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/portuges.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/romanian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/russian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/samin.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/scottish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/serbian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/slovak.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/slovene.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/spanish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/style.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/swedish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/turkish.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/ukrainian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/usorbian.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/cfg/welsh.cfg
/usr/share/latex2rtf/latex2rtf.html
/usr/share/latex2rtf/latex2rtf.pdf
/usr/share/latex2rtf/latex2rtf.txt
/usr/share/licenses/latex2rtf
/usr/share/licenses/latex2rtf/Copyright
/usr/share/licenses/latex2rtf/copying.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/latex2png.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/latex2rtf.1.gz

References

latex2rtf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install latex2rtf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.