How To Install texlive-parallel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-parallel on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-parallel
Provides a parallel environment which allows two potentially different texts to be typeset in two columns, while maintaining alignment. The two columns may be on the same page, or on facing pages. This arrangement of text is commonly used when typesetting translations, but it can have value when comparing any two texts.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-parallel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-parallel.
Install texlive-parallel 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-parallel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-parallel
Install texlive-parallel 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-parallel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-parallel
How To Uninstall texlive-parallel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-parallel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-parallel
texlive-parallel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-parallel
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-parallel/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/parallel
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/parallel/example1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/parallel/example2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/parallel/parallel.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/parallel/readme
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/parallel
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/parallel/parallel.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-parallel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.