How To Install texlive-bigfoot on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-bigfoot on Rocky Linux 8.
What is texlive-bigfoot
The package aims to provide a ‘one-stop’ solution to requirements for footnotes. It offers apparatus superior to that of the manyfoot; - Footnotes can be formatted in separate paragraphs, or be run into a single paragraph (this choice may be selected per footnote series); - Things you might have expected (like \verb-like material in footnotes, and colour selections over page breaks) now work. Note that the majority of the bigfoot package’s interface is identical to that of manyfoot; users should seek information from that package’s documentation. The bigfoot bundle also provides the perpage and suffix packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-bigfoot on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-bigfoot.
Install texlive-bigfoot 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 texlive-bigfoot using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-bigfoot
Install texlive-bigfoot 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 texlive-bigfoot using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-bigfoot
How To Uninstall texlive-bigfoot on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-bigfoot package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-bigfoot
texlive-bigfoot Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bigfoot
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bigfoot/gpl2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot/bigfoot.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot/perpage.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/bigfoot/suffix.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bigfoot
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bigfoot/bigfoot.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bigfoot/perpage.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bigfoot/suffix.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-bigfoot on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.