How To Install texlive-mdwtools on CentOS 8

texlive-mdwtools is Miscellaneous tools by Mark Wooding

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mdwtools on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-mdwtools

This collection of tools includes starting with @, - macros to sanitise the OT1 encoding of the cmtt fonts; - a ‘do after’ command; - improved footnote support; - mathenv for various alignment in maths; - list handling; - mdwmath which adds some minor changes to LaTeX maths; - a rewrite of LaTeX’s tabular and array environments; - verbatim handling; and - syntax diagrams.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-mdwtools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-mdwtools.

Install texlive-mdwtools 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-mdwtools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mdwtools

Install texlive-mdwtools 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-mdwtools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-mdwtools

How To Uninstall texlive-mdwtools on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the texlive-mdwtools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-mdwtools

texlive-mdwtools Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mdwtools
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mdwtools/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/at.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/cmtt.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/doafter.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/doafter.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/footnote.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/gpl.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/mathenv.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/mdwlist.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/mdwmath.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/mdwtab.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/mdwtools.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/sverb.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mdwtools/syntax.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/at.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/cmtt.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/doafter.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/footnote.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/mTTcmtt.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/mTTenc.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/mathenv.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/mdwlist.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/mdwmath.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/mdwtab.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/sverb.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mdwtools/syntax.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mdwtools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.