How To Install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 7. texlive-etex-pkg is E-TeX support package

Introduction

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

What is texlive-etex-pkg

The package provides a straightforward interface to many of the extensions offered by e-TeX; in particular, it modifies LaTeX’s register allocation macros to make use of the extended register range. The etoolbox and etextools packages provide macros that make more sophisticated use of e-TeX’s facilities. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-etex-pkg

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-etex-pkg

How To Uninstall texlive-etex-pkg on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-etex-pkg

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Summary

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