How To Install texlive-luatex on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex on Rocky Linux 8.
What is texlive-luatex
LuaTeX is an extended version of pdfTeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language. The LuaTeX project’s main objective is to provide an open and configurable variant of TeX while at the same time offering downward compatibility. LuaTeX uses Unicode (as UTF-8) as its default input encoding, and is able to use modern (OpenType) fonts (for both text and mathematics). It should be noted that LuaTeX is still under development; its specification has been declared stable, but absolute stability may not in practice be assumed.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-luatex on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-luatex.
Install texlive-luatex 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-luatex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-luatex
Install texlive-luatex 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-luatex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-luatex
How To Uninstall texlive-luatex on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-luatex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-luatex
texlive-luatex Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/dviluatex
/usr/bin/luajittex
/usr/bin/luatex
/usr/bin/luatex53
/usr/bin/texlua
/usr/bin/texlua53
/usr/bin/texluac
/usr/bin/texluajit
/usr/bin/texluajitc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/f61e6feaf2614429d59d4338822018c246f1dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/316e5a315e6224f1c96877bc580358dcea29f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/4a66c659b05c1f4fff7079d323415fa027d8df
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luatex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luatex/gpl2.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/luatex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/texlua.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/texluac.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-backend.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-callbacks.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-contents.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-enhancements.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fontloader.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fonts.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-graphics.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-introduction.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-languages.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-logos.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-lua.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-math.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-modifications.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-nodes.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-style.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-tex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-titlepage.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config/luatex-unicode-letters.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config/luatexiniconfig.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.