How To Install texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-gsftopk
Designed for use with xdvi and dvips this utility converts Adobe Type 1 fonts to PK bitmap format. It should not ordinarily be much used nowadays, since both its target applications are now capable of dealing with Type 1 fonts, direct.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-gsftopk.
Install texlive-gsftopk 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-gsftopk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-gsftopk
Install texlive-gsftopk 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-gsftopk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-gsftopk
How To Uninstall texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-gsftopk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-gsftopk
texlive-gsftopk Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/gsftopk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/2183032ea599ec91464c57c3225f32fa88b54f
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gsftopk
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gsftopk/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/gsftopk.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/gsftopk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/gsftopk/render.ps
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gsftopk on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.