How To Install texlive-ms on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ms on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-ms
A bundle of LaTeX packages by Martin Schroder; the collection comprises everysel, set commands to execute every time a font is selected; - everyshi, set commands to execute whenever a page is shipped out; - multitoc, typeset the table of contents in multiple columns; - prelim2e, mark typeset pages as preliminary; and - ragged2e, typeset ragged text and allow hyphenation.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-ms on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-ms.
Install texlive-ms 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-ms using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-ms
Install texlive-ms 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-ms using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-ms
How To Uninstall texlive-ms on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-ms package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-ms
texlive-ms Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ms
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ms/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/count1to.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/everysel.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/everyshi.asc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/everyshi.bug
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/everyshi.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/multitoc.asc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/multitoc.bug
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/multitoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/prelim2e.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ms/ragged2e.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms/count1to.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms/everysel.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms/everyshi.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms/multitoc.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms/prelim2e.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms/ragged2e.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ms on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.