How To Install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-etex-pkg
The package provides a straightforward interface to many of the extensions offered by e-TeX; in particular, it modifies LaTeX’s register allocation macros to make use of the extended register range. The etoolbox and etextools packages provide macros that make more sophisticated use of e-TeX’s facilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-etex-pkg.
Install texlive-etex-pkg 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-etex-pkg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-etex-pkg
Install texlive-etex-pkg 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-etex-pkg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-etex-pkg
How To Uninstall texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-etex-pkg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-etex-pkg
texlive-etex-pkg Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etex-pkg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etex-pkg/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.