How To Install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7. texlive-hyperref is Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7.

What is texlive-hyperref

The hyperref package is used to handle cross-referencing commands in LaTeX to produce hypertext links in the document. The package provides backends for the \special set defined for HyperTeX DVI processors; for embedded pdfmark commands for processing by Acrobat Distiller (dvips and Y&Y’s dvipsone); for Y&Y’s dviwindo; for PDF control within pdfTeX and dvipdfm; for TeX4ht; and for VTeX’s pdf and HTML backends. The package is distributed with the backref and nameref packages, which make use of the facilities of hyperref. The package depends on the author’s kvoptions, ltxcmdsand refcount packages. date

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-hyperref.

Install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-hyperref

Install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7 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-hyperref using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-hyperref

How To Uninstall texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-hyperref

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-hyperref on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.