How To Install texlive-latex-fonts on CentOS 8
texlive-latex-fonts is A collection of fonts used in LaTeX distributions
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-latex-fonts on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-latex-fonts
This is a collection of fonts for use with standard latex packages and classes. It includes ‘invisible’ fonts (for use with the slides class), line and circle fonts (for use in the picture environment) and ’latex symbol’ fonts. For full support of a latex installation, some Computer Modern font variants cmbsy(6-9), cmcsc(8,9), cmex(7-9) and cmmib(5-9) from the amsfonts distribution, are also necessary. The fonts are available as Metafont source, and metric (tfm) files are also provided. Most of the fonts are also available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the amsfonts distribution.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-latex-fonts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-latex-fonts.
Install texlive-latex-fonts 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-latex-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-latex-fonts
Install texlive-latex-fonts 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-latex-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-latex-fonts
How To Uninstall texlive-latex-fonts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-latex-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-latex-fonts
texlive-latex-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-latex-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-latex-fonts/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/latex-fonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/latex-fonts/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/latex-fonts/legal.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/circle.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/icmcsc10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/icmex10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/icmmi8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/icmsy8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/icmtt8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/ilasy8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/ilcmss8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/ilcmssb8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/ilcmssi8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy5.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy6.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy7.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasy9.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lasyb10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lcircle10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lcirclew10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lcmss8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lcmssb8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/lcmssi8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/line.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/line10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/linew10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/sroman.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/latex-fonts/sromanu.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/icmcsc10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/icmex10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/icmmi8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/icmsy8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/icmtt8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/ilasy8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/ilcmss8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/ilcmssb8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/ilcmssi8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasy10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasy5.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasy6.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasy7.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasy8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasy9.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lasyb10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lcircle10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lcirclew10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lcmss8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lcmssb8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/lcmssi8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/line10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/latex-fonts/linew10.tfm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-latex-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.