How To Install texlive-xdvi on CentOS 8

texlive-xdvi is A DVI previewer for the X Window System

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xdvi on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-xdvi

The canonical previewer for use on Unix and other X-windows based systems. The distribution has been integrated with that of xdvik (no longer separately available), so that it will build with web2c “out of the box”. In practice, it is usually distributed via Tex-live.

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

Install texlive-xdvi 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-xdvi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xdvi

Install texlive-xdvi 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-xdvi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-xdvi

How To Uninstall texlive-xdvi on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the texlive-xdvi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-xdvi

texlive-xdvi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/xdvi
/usr/bin/xdvi-xaw
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/2f61f8ea4dbdbda26e45678102f3f231921b24
/usr/share/man/man1/xdvi.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/xdvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/xdvi/config.xdvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/XDvi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/pixmap
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/pixmap/toolbar.xpm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/xdvi/pixmap/toolbar2.xpm

References

Summary

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