How To Install texlive-base on CentOS 8
texlive-base is TeX Live filesystem, metadata and licenses shipped in text form
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-base on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-base
TeX Live licenses shipped in text form.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-base on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-base.
Install texlive-base 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-base using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-base
Install texlive-base 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-base using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-base
How To Uninstall texlive-base on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-base package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-base
texlive-base Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/texlive
/etc/texlive/dvips
/etc/texlive/dvips/config
/etc/texlive/tex
/etc/texlive/tex/generic
/etc/texlive/tex/generic/config
/etc/texlive/web2c
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.texlive
/usr/share/texlive
/usr/share/texlive/licenses
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/apache2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/artistic2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/bsd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/collection.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/fdl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/gfl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/gfsl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/gpl2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/gpl3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/knuth.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lgpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lgpl2.1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lppl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lppl1.1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lppl1.2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/ofl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/other-free.txt
/usr/share/texlive/licenses/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texlive.tlpdb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/context
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/context/scripts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/context/scripts/mkii
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/etex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/info
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/awesomebox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/man
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/man/man5
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/otherformats
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/texlive
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/tlbuild
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/helvetic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/bitstrea
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/hoekwater
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/urw
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/cmap
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvipdfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/glyphlist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/vtex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/ofm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/ofm/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/ovf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/ovf/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/pk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/sfd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/jknappen
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/adobe
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/bitstrea
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/jknappen
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/monotype
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/urw35vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/adobe
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/bitstrea
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/hoekwater
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/adobe
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/bitstrea
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/monotype
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/urw35vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context/perl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/simpdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/lua/texlive
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/var
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/xetex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkii
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/third
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/awesomebox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/lualatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xetex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xetex/xesearch
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texconfig
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/texmf-compat
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-var
/usr/share/texlive/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
/usr/share/texmf
/var/lib/texmf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-base on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.