How To Install texlive-placeins on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-placeins on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-placeins is Control float placement

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-placeins on Rocky Linux 8.

What is texlive-placeins

Defines a \FloatBarrier command, beyond which floats may not pass; useful, for example, to ensure all floats for a section appear before the next \section command.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-placeins

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-placeins

How To Uninstall texlive-placeins on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-placeins

texlive-placeins Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-placeins
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-placeins/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/placeins
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/placeins/placeins-doc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/placeins/placeins-doc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/placeins/placeins.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/placeins
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/placeins/placeins.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-placeins on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.