How To Install texlive-rcs on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-rcs in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-rcs is Use RCS (revision control system) tags in LaTeX documents

Introduction

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

What is texlive-rcs

The rcs package utilizes the inclusion of RCS supplied data in LaTeX documents. It’s upward compatible to all rcs styles I know of. In particular, you can easily - access values of every RCS field in your document - put the checkin date on the titlepage - put RCS fields in a footline You can typeset revision logs. Not in verbatim – real LaTeX text! But you need a configurable RCS for that. Refer to the user manual for more detailed information. You can also configure the rcs package easily to do special things for any keyword. This bundle comes with a user manual, an internal interface description, full documentation of the implementation, style information for AUC- TeX, and test cases.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-rcs

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-rcs

How To Uninstall texlive-rcs on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-rcs

References

Summary

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