How To Install texlive-filecontents on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-filecontents on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-filecontents is Extended filecontents and filecontents* environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-filecontents on Rocky Linux 8.

What is texlive-filecontents

LaTeX2e’s filecontents and filecontents* environments enable a LaTeX source file to generate external files as it runs through LaTeX. However, there are two limitations of these environments can only be used in the preamble of a document. The filecontents package removes these limitations, letting you overwrite existing files and letting you use filecontents/filecontents* anywhere.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-filecontents

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-filecontents

How To Uninstall texlive-filecontents on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-filecontents

texlive-filecontents Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-filecontents
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-filecontents/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/filecontents
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/filecontents/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/filecontents/filecontents.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/filecontents
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/filecontents/filecontents.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-filecontents on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.