How To Install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-l3packages
The bundle holds prototype implementations of concepts for a LaTeX designer interface, to be used with the experimental LaTeX kernel as programming tools and kernel support. Packages provided in this release are facilities of the kernel module l3keys available for use by LaTeX 2e packages; - xfrac, which provides flexible split-level fractions; - xparse, which provides a high-level interface for declaring document commands; and - xtemplate, which provides a means of defining generic functions using a key-value syntax. All the files of the bundle are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-l3packages.
Install texlive-l3packages 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-l3packages using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-l3packages
Install texlive-l3packages 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-l3packages using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-l3packages
How To Uninstall texlive-l3packages on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-l3packages package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-l3packages
texlive-l3packages Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-l3packages
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-l3packages/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e-demo.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfp/xfp.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfrac
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfrac/xfrac.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xparse
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xparse/xparse.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xtemplate
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xtemplate/xtemplate.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfp/xfp.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfrac
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfrac/xfrac.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xparse
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xparse/xparse.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xtemplate
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xtemplate/xtemplate.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.