How To Install texlive-kpathsea on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-kpathsea on CentOS 7.
What is texlive-kpathsea
Kpathsea is a library and utility programs which provide path searching facilities for TeX file types, including the self- locating feature required for movable installations, layered on top of a general search mechanism. It is not distributed separately, but rather is released and maintained as part of the TeX live sources. date
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-kpathsea on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-kpathsea.
Install texlive-kpathsea 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-kpathsea using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-kpathsea
Install texlive-kpathsea 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-kpathsea using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-kpathsea
How To Uninstall texlive-kpathsea on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the texlive-kpathsea package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-kpathsea
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-kpathsea on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
