How To Install texlive-pst-slpe on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pst-slpe in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-pst-slpe is Sophisticated colour gradients

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pst-slpe

This PStricks package covers all the colour gradient functionality of pst-grad (part of the base pstricks distribution), and provides the following facilities permits the user to specify an arbitrary number of colours, along with the points at which they are to be reached; - it converts between RGB and HSV behind the scenes; - it provides concentric and radial gradients; - it provides a command \psBall that generates bullets with a three-dimensional appearance; and - uses the xkeyval package for the extended key handling.

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

Install texlive-pst-slpe 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-pst-slpe using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pst-slpe

Install texlive-pst-slpe 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-pst-slpe using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-pst-slpe

How To Uninstall texlive-pst-slpe on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pst-slpe

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Summary

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