How To Install texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-l3packages.
Install texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-l3packages using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-l3packages
Install texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-l3packages using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-l3packages
How To Uninstall texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-l3packages package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-l3packages
texlive-l3packages Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-l3packages
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-l3packages/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e-demo.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfp/xfp.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfrac
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xfrac/xfrac.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xparse
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xparse/xparse.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xtemplate
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/l3packages/xtemplate/xtemplate.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfp/xfp.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfrac
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xfrac/xfrac.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xparse
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xparse/xparse.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xtemplate
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xtemplate/xtemplate.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-l3packages on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.