How To Install texlive-xetex on CentOS 8
texlive-xetex is Unicode and OpenType-enabled TeX engine
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xetex on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-xetex
XeTeX is an extension of TeX that integrates TeX’s typesetting capabilities with (a) the Unicode text encoding standard (supporting most of the world’s scripts) and (b) modern font technologies (TrueType and OpenType) and text layout services (AAT, OpenType layout, SIL Graphite) provided by the host operating system and available libraries. With XeTeX, the advanced typographic features provided by OpenType fonts become available for all TeX users, as well as support for complex non-roman scripts. XeTeX also eliminates the complex task of managing a TeX font installation. XeTeX is now part of the standard TeX distribution TeXLive and works well with TeX macro packages like LaTeX and ConTeXt.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-xetex on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-xetex.
Install texlive-xetex 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-xetex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-xetex
Install texlive-xetex 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-xetex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-xetex
How To Uninstall texlive-xetex on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-xetex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-xetex
texlive-xetex Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xdvipdfmx
/usr/bin/xelatex
/usr/bin/xetex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/088b63804d2e25cc698570d845c7961504f54a
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/9ea7106c5cb37bf6b8f612460b3e22f9dc88d3
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xetex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xetex/other-free.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/base/NEWS
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/base/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/base/XeTeX-notes.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xetex/base/XeTeX-notes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabicdigits.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabicdigits.tec
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-farsi-fullvoc.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-farsi-fullvoc.tec
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/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-kashmiri-fullvoc.tec
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/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-uighur.tec
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/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/xetex/perl/lib/PDF/Reuse/Util.pm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/xetex/perl/xdv2pdf_mergemarks
/usr/share/texlive/tlpkg/tlpostcode/xetex.pl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xetex on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.