How To Install texlive-zapfding on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-zapfding on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-zapfding
A set of fonts for use as “drop-in” replacements for Adobe’s basic set, comprising Adobe’s New Century Schoolbook); - Dingbats (substituting for Adobe’s Zapf Dingbats); - Nimbus Mono L (substituting for Abobe’s Courier); - Nimbus Roman No9 L (substituting for Adobe’s Times); - Nimbus Sans L (substituting for Adobe’s Helvetica); - Standard Symbols L (substituting for Adobe’s Symbol); - URW Bookman; - URW Chancery L Medium Italic (substituting for Adobe’s Zapf Chancery); - URW Gothic L Book (substituting for Adobe’s Avant Garde); and - URW Palladio L (substituting for Adobe’s Palatino).
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-zapfding on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-zapfding.
Install texlive-zapfding 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-zapfding using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-zapfding
Install texlive-zapfding 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-zapfding using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-zapfding
How To Uninstall texlive-zapfding on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-zapfding package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-zapfding
texlive-zapfding Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-zapfding
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-zapfding/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/zapfding/config.uzd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/zapfding/pzdr.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/urw/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/urw/zapfding/uzdr.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/zapfding/uzd.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/adobe/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/adobe/zapfding/pzdr.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/urw35vf/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/urw35vf/zapfding/uzdr.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/zapfding/uzdr.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/zapfding/uzdr.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/zapfding
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/zapfding/uuzd.fd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-zapfding on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.