How To Install python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7. python3-sphinx-latex is LaTeX builder dependencies for python3-sphinx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7.

What is python3-sphinx-latex

Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for Python projects (or other documents consisting of multiple reStructuredText sources), written by Georg Brandl. It was originally created to translate the new Python documentation, but has now been cleaned up in the hope that it will be useful to many other projects. This package pulls in the TeX dependencies needed by Sphinx’s LaTeX builder.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-sphinx-latex.

Install python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python3-sphinx-latex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-sphinx-latex

Install python3-sphinx-latex 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 python3-sphinx-latex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-sphinx-latex

How To Uninstall python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python3-sphinx-latex package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-sphinx-latex

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-latex on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.