How To Install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 7.
What is texlive-l3packages
The bundle holds prototype implementations of concepts for a LaTeX designer interface, to be used with the experimental LaTeX kernel as programming tools and kernel support. Packages provided in this release are facilities of the kernel module l3keys available for use by LaTeX 2e packages; - xfrac, which provides flexible split-level fractions; - xparse, which provides a high-level interface for declaring document commands; and - xtemplate, which provides a means of defining generic functions using a key-value syntax. All the files of the bundle are also available in the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project. The bundle on CTAN is based on a snapshot of the SVN repository on 2012- 11-21. date
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-l3packages.
Install texlive-l3packages 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-l3packages using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-l3packages
Install texlive-l3packages 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-l3packages using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-l3packages
How To Uninstall texlive-l3packages on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the texlive-l3packages package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-l3packages
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-l3packages on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
