How To Install texlive-fp on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fp on CentOS 8. texlive-fp is Fixed point arithmetic

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fp on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-fp

An extensive collection of arithmetic operations for fixed point real numbers of high precision.

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

Install texlive-fp on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-fp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-fp

Install texlive-fp on CentOS 8 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-fp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fp

How To Uninstall texlive-fp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fp

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Summary

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