How To Install texlive-texconfig on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texconfig on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-texconfig
texconfig allows one to configure and maintain TeX in an easy and convenient manner, offering a series of dialog boxes to the user. The directory in which texconfig is found is also preferentially used to find subprograms.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-texconfig on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-texconfig.
Install texlive-texconfig 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-texconfig using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-texconfig
Install texlive-texconfig 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-texconfig using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-texconfig
How To Uninstall texlive-texconfig on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-texconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-texconfig
texlive-texconfig Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/texconfig
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texconfig
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texconfig/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/texconfig-sys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/texconfig.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/texconfig.sh
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texconfig/tcfmgr
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texconfig/tcfmgr.map
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texconfig on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.