How To Install texlive-etex-pkg on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex-pkg on Rocky Linux 8.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-etex-pkg on Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-etex-pkg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-etex-pkg
Install texlive-etex-pkg on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-etex-pkg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-etex-pkg
How To Uninstall texlive-etex-pkg on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-etex-pkg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-etex-pkg
texlive-etex-pkg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etex-pkg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etex-pkg/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex-pkg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.