How To Install texlive-psfrag on CentOS 8

texlive-psfrag is Replace strings in encapsulated PostScript figures

Introduction

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

What is texlive-psfrag

Allows LaTeX constructions (equations, picture environments, etc.) to be precisely superimposed over Encapsulated PostScript figures, using your own favorite drawing tool to create an EPS figure and placing simple text ’tags’ where each replacement is to be placed, with PSfrag automatically removing these tags from the figure and replacing them with a user specified LaTeX construction, properly aligned, scaled, and/or rotated.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-psfrag

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-psfrag

How To Uninstall texlive-psfrag on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-psfrag

texlive-psfrag Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag/00readme.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag/announce.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag/example.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag/pfgguide.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag/pfgguide.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/psfrag/testfig.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/psfrag
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/psfrag/psfrag.pro
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psfrag
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psfrag/psfrag.sty

References

Summary

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