How To Install texlive-wasy on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-wasy on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-wasy
These are the wasy (Waldi symbol) fonts, second release. This bundle presents the fonts in Metafont format, but they are also available in Adobe Type 1 format. Support under LaTeX is provided by the wasysym package.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-wasy on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-wasy.
Install texlive-wasy 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-wasy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-wasy
Install texlive-wasy 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-wasy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-wasy
How To Uninstall texlive-wasy on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-wasy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-wasy
texlive-wasy Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-wasy
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-wasy/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/wasy
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/wasy/legal.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/wasy/wasydoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/wasy/wasydoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/wasy/wasyfont.2
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/lasychr.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/rsym.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasy10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasy5.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasy6.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasy7.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasy8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasy9.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasyb10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/wasy/wasychr.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasy10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasy5.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasy6.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasy7.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasy8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasy9.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/wasy/wasyb10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/wasy
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/wasy/wasyfont.tex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-wasy on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.