How To Install texlive-multido on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-multido on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-multido
The package provides the \multido command, which was originally designed for use with with PSTricks. Fixed-point arithmetic is used when working on the loop variable, so that the package is equally applicable in graphics applications like PSTricks as it is with the more common integer loops.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-multido on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-multido.
Install texlive-multido 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-multido using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-multido
Install texlive-multido 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-multido using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-multido
How To Uninstall texlive-multido on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-multido package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-multido
texlive-multido Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-multido
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-multido/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/multido
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/multido/Changes
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/multido/multido-doc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/multido/multido-doc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/multido/multido.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/multido
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/multido/multido.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/multido
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/multido/multido.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-multido on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.