How To Install texlive-tex-ini-files on CentOS 8

texlive-tex-ini-files is Model TeX format creation files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-tex-ini-files on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-tex-ini-files

This bundle provides a collection of model .ini files for creating TeX formats. These files are commonly used to introduced distribution-dependent variations in formats. They are also used to allow existing format source files to be used with newer engines, for example to adapt the plain e-TeX source file to work with XeTeX and LuaTeX.

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

Install texlive-tex-ini-files 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-tex-ini-files using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-tex-ini-files

Install texlive-tex-ini-files 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-tex-ini-files using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-tex-ini-files

How To Uninstall texlive-tex-ini-files on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the texlive-tex-ini-files package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-tex-ini-files

texlive-tex-ini-files Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-tex-ini-files
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-tex-ini-files/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/tex-ini-files
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/tex-ini-files/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/dvilualatex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/dviluatex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/lualatex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/luatex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/luatexconfig.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/pdftexconfig.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/xelatex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/xetex.ini

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Summary

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