How To Install texlive-dvipdfm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-dvipdfm on CentOS 7. texlive-dvipdfm is A DVI driver to produce PDF directly

Introduction

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

What is texlive-dvipdfm

The driver offers a wide range of \special commands (including a colour stack), and supports compression of data streams, etc. Note that the extended version dvipdfmx will operate “as dvipdfm” if necessary. date

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

Install texlive-dvipdfm 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-dvipdfm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-dvipdfm

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-dvipdfm

How To Uninstall texlive-dvipdfm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-dvipdfm

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Summary

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