How To Install texlive-anyfontsize on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-anyfontsize in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-anyfontsize is Select any font size in LaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-anyfontsize on AlmaLinux 8.

What is texlive-anyfontsize

The package allows the to user select any font size (via e.g. \fontsize{…}{…}\selectfont), even those sizes that are not listed in the .fd file. If such a size is requested, LaTeX will search for and select the nearest listed size; anyfontsize will then scale the font to the size actually requested. Similar functionality is available for the CM family, for the EC family, or for either computer modern encoding; the present package generalises the facility.

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

Install texlive-anyfontsize on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-anyfontsize

Install texlive-anyfontsize on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-anyfontsize

How To Uninstall texlive-anyfontsize on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-anyfontsize

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Summary

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