How To Install texlive-linegoal on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-linegoal on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-linegoal
The linegoal package provides a macro \linegoal to be used with \setlength dimen> to the horizontal length of the remainder of the line. This is achieved using the \pdfsavepos primitive of pdftex, through the zref-savepos package. Example \begin{tabularx}\linegoal{|l|X|} \hline one & two \ three & four \\hline \end{tabularx} will position the table after the initial text, and make the table fill the rest of the line.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-linegoal on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-linegoal.
Install texlive-linegoal 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
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After updating yum database, We can install texlive-linegoal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-linegoal
Install texlive-linegoal 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
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After updating yum database, We can install texlive-linegoal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-linegoal
How To Uninstall texlive-linegoal on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-linegoal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-linegoal
texlive-linegoal Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-linegoal
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-linegoal/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/linegoal
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/linegoal/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/linegoal/linegoal.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/linegoal
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/linegoal/linegoal.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-linegoal on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
