How To Install texlive-ntgclass on CentOS 8

texlive-ntgclass is European versions of standard classes

Introduction

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

What is texlive-ntgclass

Versions of the standard LaTeX article and report classes, rewritten to reflect a more European design, by the Dutch TeX Users Group NTG.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ntgclass

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-ntgclass

How To Uninstall texlive-ntgclass on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-ntgclass

texlive-ntgclass Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ntgclass
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ntgclass/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/00readme.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/a4.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/artdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/artdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/brief.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/brief.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/briefdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/briefdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/catalog.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/changes.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/classdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/classdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/manifest.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/ntgclass.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/rapdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ntgclass/rapdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/a4.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/artikel1.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/artikel2.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/artikel3.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/boek.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/boek3.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/brief.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/ntg10.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/ntg11.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/ntg12.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/rapport1.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ntgclass/rapport3.cls

References

Summary

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