How To Install texlive-babel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-babel on AlmaLinux 8.
What is texlive-babel
The package manages culturally-determined typographical (and other) rules, and hyphenation patterns for a wide range of languages. A document may select a single language to be supported, or it may select several, in which case the document may switch from one language to another in a variety of ways. Note that the package has contributions for several languages that remain to be incorporated. Examples are (Hungarian); Serbian written in cyrillic; Spanish; and Spanish, using Mexican conventions.. Users of XeTeX are advised to use polyglossia rather than Babel.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-babel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-babel.
Install texlive-babel 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-babel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-babel
Install texlive-babel 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-babel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-babel
How To Uninstall texlive-babel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-babel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-babel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-babel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
