How To Install texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8. texlive-lualibs is Additional Lua functions for LuaTeX macro programmers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8.

What is texlive-lualibs

Lualibs is a collection of Lua modules useful for general programming. The bundle is based on lua modules shipped with ConTeXt, and are made available in this bundle for use independent of ConTeXt.

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

Install texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-lualibs

Install texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8 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-lualibs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-lualibs

How To Uninstall texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-lualibs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lualibs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.