How To Install texlive-xifthen on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xifthen on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-xifthen
This package extends the ifthen package by implementing new commands to go within the first argument of \ifthenelse test whether a string is void or not, if a command is defined or equivalent to another. The package also enables use of complex expressions as introduced by the package calc, together with the ability of defining new commands to handle complex tests. The package requires e-TeX features.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-xifthen on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-xifthen.
Install texlive-xifthen 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-xifthen using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-xifthen
Install texlive-xifthen 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-xifthen using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-xifthen
How To Uninstall texlive-xifthen on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-xifthen package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-xifthen
texlive-xifthen Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xifthen
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xifthen/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xifthen
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xifthen/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xifthen/xifthen.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xifthen/xifthen.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xifthen
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xifthen/xifthen.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xifthen on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.