How To Install texlive-mfnfss on CentOS 8

texlive-mfnfss is Packages to typeset oldgerman and pandora fonts in LaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-mfnfss

This bundle contains two packages typeset with old german fonts designed by Yannis Haralambous. - pandora, a package to typeset with Pandora fonts designed by Neena Billawala. Note that support for the Pandora fonts is also available via the pandora-latex package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mfnfss

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-mfnfss

How To Uninstall texlive-mfnfss on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-mfnfss

texlive-mfnfss Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mfnfss
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mfnfss/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mfnfss
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mfnfss/changes.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mfnfss/manifest.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mfnfss/oldgerm.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/mfnfss/readme.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/oldgerm.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/ot1panr.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/ot1pss.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/pandora.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/uyfrak.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/uygoth.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/uyinit.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mfnfss/uyswab.fd

References

Summary

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