How To Install texlive-metafont on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-metafont on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-metafont
The program takes a semi-algorithmic specification of a font, and produces a bitmap font (whose properties are defined by a set of parameters of the target device), and a set metrics for use by TeX. The bitmap output may be converted into a format directly usable by a device driver, etc., by the tools provided in the parallel mfware distribution. (Third parties have developed tools to convert the bitmap output to outline fonts.) The distribution includes the source of Knuth’s Metafont book; this source is there to read, as an example of writing TeX – it should not be processed without Knuth’s direct permission.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-metafont on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-metafont.
Install texlive-metafont 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-metafont using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-metafont
Install texlive-metafont 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-metafont using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-metafont
How To Uninstall texlive-metafont on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-metafont package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-metafont
texlive-metafont Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/inimf
/usr/bin/mf
/usr/bin/mf-nowin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/f8aa7bcb3d1b5deb83a56f2d2cfdb89f7a777f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/88f506badf866c581031fb8fc85099eb50a21c
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-metafont
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-metafont/knuth.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/inimf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mf-nowin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mf.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/mf.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/plain.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config/cmmf.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config/mf.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/mode2dpi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/mode2dpixy.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modename.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modes.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/ps2mfbas.mf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-metafont on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.