How To Install texlive-xeindex on CentOS 8

texlive-xeindex is Automatic index generation for XeLaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xeindex

The package is based on XeSearch, and will automatically index words or phrases in an XeLaTeX document. Words are declared in a list, and every occurrence then creates an index entry whose content can be fully specified beforehand.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xeindex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xeindex

How To Uninstall texlive-xeindex on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xeindex

texlive-xeindex Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xeindex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xeindex/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/xeindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/xeindex/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/xeindex/xeindex.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/xeindex/xeindex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xeindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xeindex/xeindex.sty

References

Summary

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