How To Install latexmk on CentOS 8

latexmk is A make-like utility for LaTeX files

Introduction

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

What is latexmk

Latexmk is a perl script for running LaTeX the correct number of times to resolve cross references, etc.; it also runs auxiliary programs (bibtex, makeindex if necessary, and dvips and/or a previewer as requested). It has a number of other useful capabilities, for example to start a previewer and then run latex whenever the source files are updated, so that the previewer gives an up-to-date view of the document. The script runs on both UNIX and MS-WINDOWS (95, ME, XP, etc). This script is a corrected and improved version of the original version of latexmk. Before using a previewer, read the file README.fedora.

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

Install latexmk 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 latexmk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install latexmk

Install latexmk 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 latexmk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install latexmk

How To Uninstall latexmk on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove latexmk

latexmk Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/latexmk.conf
/usr/bin/latexmk
/usr/share/doc/latexmk
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/README
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/README.fedora
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/README-latexmk-rcfiles
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/asymptote_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/bib2gls_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/clean_pattern_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/exceltex1.sty
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/exceltex_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/fix-aux.latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/glossary_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/lualatex_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/mpost_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/nomenclature_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/pdflatexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/pythontex-latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/sagetex_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/splitindex.latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/sweave_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/tex4ht-latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/texinfo-latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/tikz-externalized-latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/example_rcfiles/xelatex_latexmkrc
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/README-latexmk-scripts
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/dvipdfm_call
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/dvipdfmx_call
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/htlatexonly
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/kickxdvi
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/l1
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/l2
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/myhtlatex2
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/pst2pdf_for_latexmk
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/pst2pdf_for_latexmk_README.txt
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/extra-scripts/startacroread
/usr/share/doc/latexmk/latexmk.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/latexmk
/usr/share/licenses/latexmk/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/latexmk.1.gz

References

Summary

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