How To Install texlive-enctex on CentOS 8

texlive-enctex is A TeX extension that translates input on its way into TeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-enctex

EncTeX is (another) tex extension, written at the change-file level. It provides means of translating input on the way into TeX. It allows, for example, translation of multibyte sequences, such as utf-8 encoding.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-enctex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-enctex

How To Uninstall texlive-enctex on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-enctex

texlive-enctex Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-enctex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-enctex/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/COPYING.UCD
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/INSTALL
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/INSTALL.eng
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/changes.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/encdoc-e.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/encdoc-e.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/encdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/encdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/math-example.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/unimap.diff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/unimap.py
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/enctex/vlna.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/1250-csf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/1250-il2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/1250-latex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/1250-t1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/852-csf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/852-il2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/852-latex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/852-t1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/csfmacro.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/enc-u.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/encmacro.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/il2-1250.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/il2-852.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/il2-csf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/il2-kam.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/il2-t1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/kam-csf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/kam-il2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/kam-latex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/kam-t1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/mixcodes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/noprefnt.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/plain-1250-cs.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/plain-852-cs.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/plain-il2-cs.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/plain-kam-cs.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/plain-utf8-cs.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/plain-utf8-ec.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/polyset.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/t1macro.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8-csf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8-t1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8cseq.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8lat1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8lata.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8math.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8off.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8raw.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8unkn.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/enctex/utf8warn.tex

References

Summary

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