How To Install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-graphics-def
This bundle is a combined distribution consisting of dvips.def, pdftex.def, luatex.def, xetex.def, dvipdfmx.def, and dvisvgm.def driver option files for the LaTeX graphics and color packages. It is hoped that by combining their source repositories at https be easier to coordinate updates.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-graphics-def.
Install texlive-graphics-def 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-graphics-def using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-graphics-def
Install texlive-graphics-def 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-graphics-def using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-graphics-def
How To Uninstall texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-graphics-def package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-graphics-def
texlive-graphics-def Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-graphics-def
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-graphics-def/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/dvipdfmx.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/dvips.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/dvisvgm.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/luatex.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/pdftex.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/xetex.def
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-graphics-def on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.