How To Install texlive-pdftex on CentOS 8
texlive-pdftex is A TeX extension for direct creation of PDF
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pdftex on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-pdftex
An extension of TeX which can be configured to directly generate PDF documents instead of DVI. All current free TeX distributionsm including TeX live, MacTeX and MiKTeX include pdfTeX (Plain TeX) and pdfLaTeX (LaTeX). ConTeXt was designed around use of pdfTeX (though it is now migrating towards LuaTeX).
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-pdftex on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-pdftex.
Install texlive-pdftex 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-pdftex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-pdftex
Install texlive-pdftex 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-pdftex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-pdftex
How To Uninstall texlive-pdftex on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-pdftex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-pdftex
texlive-pdftex Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/etex
/usr/bin/pdfetex
/usr/bin/pdftex
/usr/bin/simpdftex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/2f8e8098a95a6587f8460961dedbe005a52d67
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pdftex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pdftex/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfetex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdftex.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/NEWS
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/ChangeLog
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/makefiles.cmd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/pdftex-a.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/pdftex-i.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/pdftex-syntax.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/pdftex-t.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/pdftex-w.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/syntaxform.awk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/manual/syntaxform.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/cmr10.103
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/obj.dat
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pdfcolor.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pic.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pic.jpg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pic.mps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pic.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pic.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/pic16.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/rgb.icc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.0
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/supp-mis.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/supp-pdf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/tmp.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/01-fake-interword-space
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/01-fake-interword-space/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/01-fake-interword-space/dummy-space.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/01-fake-interword-space/dummy-space.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/01-fake-interword-space/fake-interword-space.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/02-pdfmatch
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/02-pdfmatch/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/02-pdfmatch/test-pdfmatch.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/03-deterministic-output
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/03-deterministic-output/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/03-deterministic-output/test-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/03-deterministic-output/test-fixed-date-id.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/03-deterministic-output/test-no-date-id.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/03-deterministic-output/test-prim.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/04-pdfsuppressptexinfo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/04-pdfsuppressptexinfo/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/04-pdfsuppressptexinfo/abc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/04-pdfsuppressptexinfo/test-pdfinfoomitdate.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/04-pdfsuppressptexinfo/test-pdfsuppressptexinfo.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/04-pdfsuppressptexinfo/test-pdftrailer.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/05-mediabox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/05-mediabox/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/05-mediabox/test-normal.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/05-mediabox/test-omit-mediabox.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/06-pkmap
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/06-pkmap/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/06-pkmap/cmb10.72pk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/06-pkmap/cmr10.72pk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/06-pkmap/prepatch.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/06-pkmap/test-pkmap.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/07-mapwarn
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/07-mapwarn/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/07-mapwarn/test-mapwarn.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/tests/Common.mak
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/dummy-space/dummy-space.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/pdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/pdftex/dummy-space.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/pdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/pdftex/dummy-space.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/simpdftex/simpdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config/pdftex-dvi.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pdftex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pdftex/glyphtounicode.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pdftex/pdfcolor.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pdftex on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.