How To Install texlive-plain on CentOS 8
texlive-plain is plain package
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-plain on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-plain
Contains files used to build the Plain TeX format, as described in the TeXbook, together with various supporting files (some also discussed in the book).
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-plain on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-plain.
Install texlive-plain 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-plain using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-plain
Install texlive-plain 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-plain using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-plain
How To Uninstall texlive-plain on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-plain package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-plain
texlive-plain Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/plain
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/plain/plaintex.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/amsfonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/amsfonts/amssym.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/amsfonts/amssym.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/amsfonts/cyracc.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/fontchart.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/gkpmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/letter.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/list-latin.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/list.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/llist.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/mptmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/picmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/plain.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/wlist.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/aleph.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/bplain.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/etex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/omega.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdfbplain.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdfetex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdftexmagfix.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/tex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/unicode-letters.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex/etex.src
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex/etexdefs.lib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fp/fp.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/ifetex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/ifetex/ifetex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-lib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-lib/manmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-lib/mftmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-lib/story.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-lib/testfont.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-lib/webmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-local
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/knuth-local/xepsf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/makeindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/makeindex/idxmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgf.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbaseimage.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbaselayers.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbasematrix.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbasepatterns.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbaseplot.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbaseshapes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfbasesnakes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcore.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/frontendlayer
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/math
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/math/pgfmath.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/systemlayer
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/utilities
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/utilities/pgfcalendar.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/utilities/pgffor.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/utilities/pgfkeys.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/pgf/utilities/pgfrcs.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/rsfs/scrload.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/wasy
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/wasy/wasyfont.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-plain on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.