How To Install texlive-booktabs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-booktabs on CentOS 7. texlive-booktabs is Publication quality tables in LaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-booktabs on CentOS 7.

What is texlive-booktabs

The package enhances the quality of tables in LaTeX, providing extra commands as well as behind-the-scenes optimisation. Guidelines are given as to what constitutes a good table in this context. From version 1.61, the package offers longtable compatibility. date

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

Install texlive-booktabs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-booktabs

Install texlive-booktabs 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 texlive-booktabs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-booktabs

How To Uninstall texlive-booktabs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-booktabs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-booktabs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.