How To Install texlive-arabxetex on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-arabxetex on AlmaLinux 8.
What is texlive-arabxetex
ArabXeTeX provides a convenient ArabTeX-like user-interface for typesetting languages using the Arabic script in XeLaTeX, with flexible access to font features. Input in ArabTeX notation can be set in three different vocalization modes or in roman transliteration. Direct UTF-8 input is also supported. The parsing and converting of ArabTeX input to Unicode is done by means of TECkit mappings. Version 1.0 provides support for Arabic, Maghribi Arabic, Farsi (Persian), Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Ottoman Turkish, Kurdish, Jawi (Malay) and Uighur. The documentation (not yet complete) covers topics such as typesetting the Holy Quran, typesetting bidirectional critical editions (with ednotes), and information on various recommended OpenType fonts for the Arabic script and for transliterating Oriental languages.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-arabxetex on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-arabxetex.
Install texlive-arabxetex 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-arabxetex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-arabxetex
Install texlive-arabxetex 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-arabxetex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-arabxetex
How To Uninstall texlive-arabxetex on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-arabxetex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-arabxetex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-arabxetex on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
