How To Install texlive-ctable on CentOS 8

texlive-ctable is Easily typeset centered tables

Introduction

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

What is texlive-ctable

Provides commands to typeset centered, left- or right-aligned table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ctable

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-ctable

How To Uninstall texlive-ctable on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-ctable

texlive-ctable Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ctable
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ctable/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/01a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/01b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/02k
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/02l
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/02m
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/03a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/03b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/04a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/04b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/05a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/05b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/05c
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/06a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/06b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/07a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/07b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/08a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/08b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/09b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/10a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/10b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/12a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/12b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/13a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/13b
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/13c
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/14a
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/ctable.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/doit
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/inst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/lion.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctable/penguin.jpg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ctable
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ctable/ctable.sty

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Summary

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