How To Install texlive-etex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex on CentOS 7. texlive-etex is An extended version of TeX, from the NTS project

Introduction

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

What is texlive-etex

An extended version of TeX (which is capable of running as if it were TeX unmodified). E-TeX has been specified by the LaTeX team as the engine for the development of LaTeX, in the immediate future; as a result, LaTeX programmers may (in all current TeX distributions) assume e-TeX functionality. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-etex

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-etex

How To Uninstall texlive-etex on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-etex

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Summary

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