How To Install texlive-chktex on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-chktex on CentOS 8. texlive-chktex is Check for errors in LaTeX documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-chktex on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-chktex

The program reports typographic and other errors in LaTeX documents. Filters are also provided for checking the LaTeX parts of CWEB documents.

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

Install texlive-chktex on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-chktex

Install texlive-chktex on CentOS 8 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-chktex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-chktex

How To Uninstall texlive-chktex on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-chktex

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Summary

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