How To Install texlive-germbib on CentOS 8

texlive-germbib is German variants of standard BibTeX styles

Introduction

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

What is texlive-germbib

A development of the (old) german.sty, this bundle provides German packages, BibTeX styles and documentary examples, for writing documents with bibliographies. The author has since developed the babelbib bundle, which (he asserts) supersedes germbib.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-germbib

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-germbib

How To Uninstall texlive-germbib on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-germbib

texlive-germbib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/germbib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/germbib/gerabbrv.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/germbib/geralpha.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/germbib/gerapali.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/germbib/gerplain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/germbib/gerunsrt.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/README.bibgerm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/apalike.doc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/apalike.germbib_sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/apalike.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/btxdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/btxhak.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/gerbibtx.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/gerbibtx.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/gerxampl.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/schaum.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/testbibgerm.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/testgerb.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/bibtex/germbib/xampl.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/germbib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/germbib/bibgerm.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/germbib/mynormal.sty

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Summary

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