How To Install texlive-xesearch on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xesearch on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-xesearch
The package finds strings (e.g. (parts of) words or phrases) and manipulates them (apply any macro), thus turning each word or phrase into a possible command. It is written in plain XeTeX and should thus work with any format (it is known to work with LaTeX and ConTeXt). The main application for the moment is XeIndex, an automatic index for XeLaTeX, but examples are given of simple use to check spelling, count words, and highlight syntax of programming languages.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-xesearch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-xesearch.
Install texlive-xesearch 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-xesearch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-xesearch
Install texlive-xesearch 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-xesearch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-xesearch
How To Uninstall texlive-xesearch on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-xesearch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-xesearch
texlive-xesearch Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xesearch
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xesearch/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/xesearch
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/xesearch/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/xesearch/xesearch.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/xesearch/xesearch.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xetex/xesearch/t-xesearch.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xetex/xesearch/xesearch.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xesearch on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.