How To Install texlive-xkeyval on CentOS 8

texlive-xkeyval is Extension of the keyval package

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xkeyval

This package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xkeyval

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xkeyval

How To Uninstall texlive-xkeyval on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xkeyval

texlive-xkeyval Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xkeyval
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xkeyval/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xkeyval
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xkeyval/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xkeyval/xkvpream.ble
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/pst-xkey.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvex1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvex2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvex3.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvex4.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvtxhdr.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvutils.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/pst-xkey.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkveca.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkvecb.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkvesa.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkvesb.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkvesc.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkvltxp.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkvview.sty

References

Summary

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