How To Install fig2ps on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fig2ps on CentOS 7.
What is fig2ps
fig2ps is a perl script which converts xfig files to postscript or PDF, using LaTeX for processing text (a capability not included in transfig). This provides the benefit of seamless integration of figures into documents (the font in the figures is the same as in the text), and allows for special typesetting commands (such as mathematical equations) to be included in figures.
We can use yum or dnf to install fig2ps on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fig2ps.
Install fig2ps on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fig2ps using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fig2ps
Install fig2ps on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fig2ps using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fig2ps
How To Uninstall fig2ps on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fig2ps package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fig2ps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fig2ps on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.