How To Install texlive-unicode-data on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-unicode-data on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-unicode-data
This bundle provides generic access to Unicode Consortium data for TeX use. It contains a set of text files provided by the Unicode Consortium which are currently all from Unicode 8.0.0, with the exception of MathClass.txt which is not currently part of the Unicode Character Database. Accompanying these source data are generic TeX loader files allowing this data to be used as part of TeX runs, in particular in building format files. Currently there are two loader files set up and one for initialising XeTeX character classes as has been carried out to date by unicode-letters.tex. The source data are distributed in accordance with the license stipulated by the Unicode Consortium. The bundle as a whole is co- ordinated by the LaTeX3 Project as a general resource for TeX users.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-unicode-data on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-unicode-data.
Install texlive-unicode-data 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-unicode-data using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-unicode-data
Install texlive-unicode-data 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-unicode-data using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-unicode-data
How To Uninstall texlive-unicode-data on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-unicode-data package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-unicode-data
texlive-unicode-data Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-unicode-data
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-unicode-data/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/unicode-data
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/unicode-data/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/CaseFolding.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/EastAsianWidth.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/LineBreak.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/MathClass-15.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/SpecialCasing.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/UnicodeData.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/load-unicode-data.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/load-unicode-math-classes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/unicode-data/load-unicode-xetex-classes.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-unicode-data on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.