How To Install texlive-extsizes on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-extsizes in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-extsizes is Extend the standard classes’ size options

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-extsizes on AlmaLinux 8.

What is texlive-extsizes

Provides classes extarticle and extreport, extletter, extbook, extproc which allow for documents with a base font of size 8- 20pt.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-extsizes on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-extsizes.

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-extsizes

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-extsizes

How To Uninstall texlive-extsizes on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-extsizes

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-extsizes on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.