How To Install texlive-dvipdfmx on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-dvipdfmx on CentOS 7. texlive-dvipdfmx is An extended version of dvipdfm

Introduction

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

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. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-dvipdfmx

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-dvipdfmx

How To Uninstall texlive-dvipdfmx on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-dvipdfmx

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Summary

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