How To Install texlive-ifluatex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ifluatex on CentOS 7. texlive-ifluatex is Provides the \ifluatex switch

Introduction

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

What is texlive-ifluatex

The package looks for LuaTeX regardless of its mode and provides the switch \ifluatex; it works with Plain TeX or LaTeX. The package is part of the oberdiek bundle. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-ifluatex

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ifluatex

How To Uninstall texlive-ifluatex on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-ifluatex

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Summary

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