How To Install texlive-epsf on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-epsf on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-epsf
The original graphics inclusion macros for use with dvips; still widely used by Plain TeX users (in particular). For LaTeX users, the package is nowadays deprecated in favour of the more sophisticated standard LaTeX graphics bundle of packages (which are also available to Plain TeX users, either via its Plain TeX version, or through the support offered by etex).
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-epsf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-epsf.
Install texlive-epsf 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-epsf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-epsf
Install texlive-epsf 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-epsf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-epsf
How To Uninstall texlive-epsf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-epsf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-epsf
texlive-epsf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-epsf
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-epsf/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/LICENSE
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/bboxgrid.ps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/epsf-doc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/epsf-doc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/fndbadps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/okay
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/okay/teps.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/okay/tepsf.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/okay/tepsf1.dvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/okay/tepsf2.dvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/okay/tepsf3.dvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/teps.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/tepsf.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/tepsf1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/tepsf2.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/epsf/tepsf3.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-epsf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.