How To Install texlive-dvipdfmx on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-dvipdfmx
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is texlive-dvipdfmx
Dvipdfmx (formerly dvipdfm-cjk) is a development of dvipdfm created to support multi-byte character encodings and large character sets for East Asian languages. Dvipdfmx, if “called” with the name dvipdfm, operates in a “dvipdfm compatibility” mode, so that users of the both packages need only keep one executable. A secondary design goal is to support as many “PDF” features as does pdfTeX. There being no documentation as such, users are advised to consult the documentation of dvipdfm (as well, of course, as the package Readme.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install texlive-dvipdfmx
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-dvipdfmx.
Install texlive-dvipdfmx 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-dvipdfmx
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-dvipdfmx
Install texlive-dvipdfmx 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-dvipdfmx
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-dvipdfmx
How To Uninstall texlive-dvipdfmx on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-dvipdfmx
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-dvipdfmx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-dvipdfmx
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.