How To Install texlive-type1cm on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-type1cm on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-type1cm
LaTeX, by default, restricts the sizes at which you can use its default computer modern fonts, to a fixed set of discrete sizes (effectively, a set specified by Knuth). The type1cm package removes this restriction; this is particularly useful when using scalable versions of the cm fonts (Bakoma, or the versions from BSR/Y&Y, or True Type versions from Kinch, PCTeX, etc.). In fact, since modern distributions will automatically generate any bitmap font you might need, type1cm has wider application than just those using scaleable versions of the fonts. Note that the LaTeX distribution now contains a package fix-cm, which performs the task of type1cm, as well as doing the same job for T1- and TS1-encoded ec fonts.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-type1cm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-type1cm.
Install texlive-type1cm 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-type1cm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-type1cm
Install texlive-type1cm 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-type1cm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-type1cm
How To Uninstall texlive-type1cm on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-type1cm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-type1cm
texlive-type1cm Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-type1cm
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-type1cm/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/type1cm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/type1cm/type1cm-doc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/type1cm/type1cm-doc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/type1cm/type1cm.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/type1cm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/type1cm/type1cm.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-type1cm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.