How To Install texlive-bibtex on CentOS 8

texlive-bibtex is Process bibliographies for LaTeX, etc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-bibtex on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-bibtex

BibTeX allows the user to store his citation data in generic form, while printing citations in a document in the form specified by a BibTeX style, to be specified in the document itself (one often needs a LaTeX citation-style package, such as natbib as well). BibTeX itself is an ASCII-only program; there is, however, a version that copes with 8-bit character sets. However, BibTeX’s facilities rapidly run out as one moves away from simple ASCII (for example, in the various national sorting rules for languages expressed in different parts of ISO-8859 – the “ISO Latin” series). For more flexibility, the user is urged to consider using biber with biblatex to typeset its output. In particular, it is best to avoid BibTeX in favour of biblatex, if at all possible.

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

Install texlive-bibtex 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-bibtex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-bibtex

Install texlive-bibtex 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-bibtex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-bibtex

How To Uninstall texlive-bibtex on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the texlive-bibtex package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-bibtex

texlive-bibtex Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/bibtex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/988087c78d2a71158acf156664a740cadbb860
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bibtex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bibtex/knuth.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/bibtex.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/attachfile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/attachfile/attachfile.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/base/xampl.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/oberdiek
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/oberdiek/oberdiek-bundle.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/oberdiek/oberdiek-source.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/amscls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/amscls/amsalpha.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/amscls/amsplain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/bababbr3-fl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/bababbr3-lf.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/bababbr3.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/bababbrv-fl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/bababbrv-lf.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/bababbrv.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babalpha-fl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babalpha-lf.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babalpha.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babamspl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babplai3-fl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babplai3-lf.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babplai3.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babplain-fl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babplain-lf.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babplain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babunsrt-fl.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babunsrt-lf.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/babelbib/babunsrt.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/abbrv.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/acm.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/alpha.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/apalike.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/ieeetr.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/plain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/siam.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/unsrt.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/context
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/context/mkii
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/context/mkii/cont-ab.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/context/mkii/cont-au.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/context/mkii/cont-no.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/context/mkii/cont-ti.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index/xagsm.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index/xplain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/natbib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/natbib/abbrvnat.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/natbib/plainnat.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/natbib/unsrtnat.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/88591lat.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/88591sca.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/ascii.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/cp437lat.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/cp850lat.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/cp850sca.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/cp866rus.csf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf/base/csfile.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/babelbib.dtx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/babelbib.ins
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/babelbib.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/babelbibtest.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/babelbibtest.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/getversion.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/babelbib/tugboat-babelbib.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/btxbst.doc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/btxdoc.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/btxdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/btxdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/btxhak.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/base/btxhak.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/bibtex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/bibtex/apalike.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/bibtex/apalike.tex

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Summary

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