How To Install texlive-pdfpages on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pdfpages in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-pdfpages is Include PDF documents in LaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pdfpages

This package simplifies the inclusion of external multi-page PDF documents in LaTeX documents. Pages may be freely selected and similar to psnup it is possible to put several logical pages onto each sheet of paper. Furthermore a lot of hypertext features like hyperlinks and article threads are provided. The package supports pdfTeX (pdflatex) and VTeX. With VTeX it is even possible to use this package to insert PostScript files, in addition to PDF files.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pdfpages

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-pdfpages

How To Uninstall texlive-pdfpages on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pdfpages

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Summary

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