How To Install texlive-auto-pst-pdf on CentOS 8

texlive-auto-pst-pdf is Wrapper for pst-pdf (with some psfrag features)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-auto-pst-pdf on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-auto-pst-pdf

The package uses –shell-escape to execute pst-pdf when necessary. This makes it especially easy to integrate into the workflow of an editor with just “LaTeX” and “pdfLaTeX” buttons. Wrappers are provided for various psfrag-related features so that Matlab figures via laprint, Mathematica figures via MathPSfrag, and regular psfrag figures can all be input consistently and easily.

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

Install texlive-auto-pst-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 texlive-auto-pst-pdf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-auto-pst-pdf

Install texlive-auto-pst-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 texlive-auto-pst-pdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-auto-pst-pdf

How To Uninstall texlive-auto-pst-pdf on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the texlive-auto-pst-pdf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-auto-pst-pdf

texlive-auto-pst-pdf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-auto-pst-pdf
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-auto-pst-pdf/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/auto-pst-pdf-DE.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/auto-pst-pdf-DE.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/auto-pst-pdf.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/example-psfrag.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/example.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/auto-pst-pdf/example.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/auto-pst-pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/auto-pst-pdf/auto-pst-pdf.sty

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-auto-pst-pdf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.