How To Install texlive-parallel on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is texlive-parallel

Provides a parallel environment which allows two potentially different texts to be typeset in two columns, while maintaining alignment. The two columns may be on the same page, or on facing pages. This arrangement of text is commonly used when typesetting translations, but it can have value when comparing any two texts. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-parallel

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-parallel

How To Uninstall texlive-parallel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-parallel

References

• texlive-parallel website

Summary

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