How To Install texlive-pst-pdf on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pst-pdf on CentOS 7.
What is texlive-pst-pdf
The package pst-pdf simplifies the use of graphics from PSTricks and other PostScript code in PDF documents. As in building a bibliography with BibTEX, additional external programmes are invoked. In this case they are used to create a PDF file (\PDFcontainer) that will contain all the graphics material. In the final document these contents will be inserted instead of the original PostScript code. The package works with pstricks and requires a recent version of the preview package.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-pst-pdf on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-pst-pdf.
Install texlive-pst-pdf 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-pst-pdf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-pst-pdf
Install texlive-pst-pdf 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-pst-pdf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-pst-pdf
How To Uninstall texlive-pst-pdf on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the texlive-pst-pdf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-pst-pdf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pst-pdf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.