How To Install texlive-rsfs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-rsfs on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-rsfs
The fonts provide uppercase ‘formal’ script letters for use as symbols in scientific and mathematical typesetting (in contrast to the informal script fonts such as that used for the ‘calligraphic’ symbols in the TeX maths symbol font). The fonts are provided as MetaFont source, and as derived Adobe Type 1 format. LaTeX support, for using these fonts in mathematics, is available via one of the packages calrsfs and mathrsfs.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-rsfs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-rsfs.
Install texlive-rsfs 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-rsfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-rsfs
Install texlive-rsfs 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-rsfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-rsfs
How To Uninstall texlive-rsfs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-rsfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-rsfs
texlive-rsfs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/rsfs/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/rsfs/README.type1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs/rsfs10.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs/rsfs5.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs/rsfs7.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/rsfs/rsfs.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/rsfs10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/rsfs5.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/rsfs7.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/script.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/scriptu.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs/rsfs10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs/rsfs5.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs/rsfs7.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs10.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs10.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs5.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs5.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs7.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs7.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/rsfs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/rsfs/scrload.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-rsfs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.