How To Install texlive-lastpage on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is texlive-lastpage

Reference the number of pages in your LaTeX document through the introduction of a new label which can be referenced like \pageref{LastPage} to give a reference to the last page of a document. It is particularly useful in the page footer that says date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-lastpage

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-lastpage

How To Uninstall texlive-lastpage on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-lastpage

References

• texlive-lastpage website

Summary

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