How To Install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 8

texlive-etex-pkg is E-TeX support package

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.