How To Install texlive-lib on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lib on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-lib is Shared libraries for TeX-related files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lib on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `texlive-lib`

TeX specific shared libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-lib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-lib.

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-lib

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-lib

How To Uninstall texlive-lib on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-lib

texlive-lib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/b10b03ec799c2794d745c3d349af910c0fa058
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/22c7bac555e470982ad0a63bcbc14b6c4bc4b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/a72c0c8404b80ec036722ed5f82232a77f0f41
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/66252841b5d87e847c16c44b04c9c263556cc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/7c602a3185d547138e9092e971e6560d5ed095
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/0c16a0608d2ee8f151576d28c1d5a76dbfb888
/usr/lib64/libkpathsea.so.6
/usr/lib64/libkpathsea.so.6.3.0
/usr/lib64/libptexenc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libptexenc.so.1.3.6
/usr/lib64/libsynctex.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsynctex.so.1.21.0
/usr/lib64/libtexlua52.so.5
/usr/lib64/libtexlua52.so.5.2.4
/usr/lib64/libtexlua53.so.5
/usr/lib64/libtexlua53.so.5.3.4
/usr/lib64/libtexluajit.so.2
/usr/lib64/libtexluajit.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/web2c
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/66268b322d422d897a39d10cd81aaaf5182855
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/4f9b2dfe97e58cf5db48af006de7593338d6b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/e809c9c8f8b129847ff5321d956ae092fd0337
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/291b0a74d0215de89fd7e54344f92cafdbf456
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/2db8b28a0d9f8bd2973db5707d019a5755d483
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/26205dce678aad4e2e3e8904e95b4ded96882d
/usr/lib/libkpathsea.so.6
/usr/lib/libkpathsea.so.6.3.0
/usr/lib/libptexenc.so.1
/usr/lib/libptexenc.so.1.3.6
/usr/lib/libsynctex.so.1
/usr/lib/libsynctex.so.1.21.0
/usr/lib/libtexlua52.so.5
/usr/lib/libtexlua52.so.5.2.4
/usr/lib/libtexlua53.so.5
/usr/lib/libtexlua53.so.5.3.4
/usr/lib/libtexluajit.so.2
/usr/lib/libtexluajit.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/web2c
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg

References

texlive-lib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.