How To Install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8. linuxdoc-tools is A text formatting package based on SGML

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `linuxdoc-tools`

Linuxdoc-tools is a text formatting suite based on SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), using the LinuxDoc document type. Linuxdoc-tools allows you to produce LaTeX, HTML, GNU info, LyX, RTF, plain text (via groff), and other format outputs from a single SGML source. Linuxdoc-tools is intended for writing technical software documentation.

We can use yum or dnf to install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install linuxdoc-tools.

Install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install linuxdoc-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linuxdoc-tools

Install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install linuxdoc-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linuxdoc-tools

How To Uninstall linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the linuxdoc-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove linuxdoc-tools

linuxdoc-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/linuxdoc
/usr/bin/rtf2rtf
/usr/bin/sgml2html
/usr/bin/sgml2info
/usr/bin/sgml2latex
/usr/bin/sgml2lyx
/usr/bin/sgml2rtf
/usr/bin/sgml2txt
/usr/bin/sgmlcheck
/usr/bin/sgmlpre
/usr/bin/sgmlsasp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/8adec9f186dbba0877e50b69829a0a0c8c0a31
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/89407b6b360b9c9e92de2dfecdf5563e2738cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/3a7eadea3e63e6e16dee44ef0334d42057eb4f
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/entity-map
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/entity-map/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/iso-entities
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/iso-entities/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/sgmls-1.1
/usr/share/doc/linuxdoc-tools/sgmls-1.1/LICENSE
/usr/share/entity-map
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/GFextra.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2l1tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOdia.2tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2l1tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat1.2tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOlat2.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2l1tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOnum.2tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2l1tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOpub.2tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2ab
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2as
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2l1b
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2l1s
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2l1tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2rtf
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2texi
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/ISOtech.2tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/LDextra.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/LDextra.2l1tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/LDextra.2tex
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/LDextra.2tr
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/greek.2html
/usr/share/entity-map/0.1.0/lat1.2sdata
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/VERSION
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/common
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/deprec96
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/html32.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/isoent
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/linuxdoc.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/linuxdoc96.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/linuxdoc97.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/linuxdoctr.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/linuxdoctr96.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/dtd/qwertz.dtd
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/filters
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/filters/lyx-preNSGMLS.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_html.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_info.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_lyx.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_rtf.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_txt.pl
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/icons
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/icons/next.gif
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/icons/prev.gif
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/icons/toc.gif
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/linuxdoc-tools.catalog
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/groff
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/groff/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/groff/math.README
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/groff/tr-mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/html
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/html/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/info
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/info/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/latex2e
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/latex2e/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/latin1
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/latin1/README
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/latin1/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/lyx
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/lyx/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/man
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/man/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/nippon
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/nippon/README
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/nippon/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/rtf
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/mappings/rtf/mapping
/usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/sgml.dcl
/usr/share/man/man1/linuxdoc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rtf2rtf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgml2html.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgml2info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgml2latex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgml2lyx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgml2rtf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgml2txt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgmlcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgmlpre.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgmlsasp.1.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/BackEnd.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/CharEnts.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/FixRef.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/Html2Html.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/InfoUtils.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/Lang.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/Utils.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LinuxDocTools/Vars.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Text
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Text/EntityMap.pm
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/linuxdoc-sgml.sty
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/linuxdoctr-sgml.sty
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/null.sty
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/qwertz.sty

References

linuxdoc-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxdoc-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.