How To Install texlive-fontwrap on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fontwrap in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-fontwrap is Bind fonts to specific unicode blocks

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fontwrap

The package (which runs under XeLaTeX) lets you bind fonts to specific unicode blocks, for automatic font tagging of multilingual text. The package uses Perl (via perltex) to construct its tables.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fontwrap

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fontwrap

How To Uninstall texlive-fontwrap on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fontwrap

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Summary

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