How To Install texlive-lualatex-math on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lualatex-math in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-lualatex-math is Fixes for mathematics-related LuaLaTeX issues

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lualatex-math on AlmaLinux 8.

What is texlive-lualatex-math

The package patches a few commands of the LaTeX2e kernel and the amsmath and mathtools packages to be more compatible with the LuaTeX engine. It is only meaningful for LuaLaTeX documents containing mathematical formulas, and does not exhibit any new functionality. The fixes are mostly moved from the unicode-math package to this package since they are not directly related to Unicode mathematics typesetting.

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

Install texlive-lualatex-math on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-lualatex-math using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-lualatex-math

Install texlive-lualatex-math on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-lualatex-math using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-lualatex-math

How To Uninstall texlive-lualatex-math on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-lualatex-math

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lualatex-math on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.