How To Install texlive-listings on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-listings on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-listings
Typeset programs (programming code) within LaTeX. The source code is read directly by TeX. Keywords, comments and strings can be typeset using different styles (default is bold for keywords, italic for comments and no special style for strings). Includes support for hyperref. To use, simply \usepackage{listings}, identify the language with \lstset{language=Python}, then employ the \begin{lstlisting} … \end{lstlisting} environment or the \lstinputlisting{filename.py} command. Short (in-line) listings are also available, using either \lstinline|…| or | … | (after defining the | token with the \lstMakeShortInline command).
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-listings on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-listings.
Install texlive-listings 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-listings using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-listings
Install texlive-listings 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-listings using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-listings
How To Uninstall texlive-listings on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-listings package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-listings
texlive-listings Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-listings
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-listings/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/listings
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/listings/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/listings/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/listings/listings.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/listings/lstdrvrs.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings-acm.prf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings-bash.prf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings-fortran.prf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings-lua.prf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings-python.prf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/listings.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/lstdoc.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/lstlang1.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/lstlang2.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/lstlang3.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/listings/lstmisc.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-listings on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.