How To Install texlive-pslatex on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pslatex on AlmaLinux 8.
What is texlive-pslatex
A small package that makes LaTeX default to ‘standard’ PostScript fonts. It is basically a merger of the times and the (obsolete) mathptm packages from the psnfss suite. You must have installed standard LaTeX and the psnfss PostScript fonts to use this package. The main novel feature is that the pslatex package tries to compensate for the visual differences between the Adobe fonts by scaling Helvetica by 90%, and ‘condensing’ Courier (i.e. scaling horizontally) by 85%. The package is supplied with a (unix) shell file for a ‘pslatex’ command that allows standard LaTeX documents to be processed, without needing to edit the file. Note that current psnfss uses a different technique for scaling Helvetica, and treats Courier as a lost cause (there are better free fixed-width available now, than there were when pslatex was designed). As a result, pslatex is widely considered obsolete.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-pslatex on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-pslatex.
Install texlive-pslatex 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-pslatex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-pslatex
Install texlive-pslatex 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-pslatex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-pslatex
How To Uninstall texlive-pslatex on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-pslatex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-pslatex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pslatex on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
