How To Install texlive-scheme-basic on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-scheme-basic in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-scheme-basic is basic scheme (plain and latex)

Introduction

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

What is texlive-scheme-basic

This is the basic TeX Live scheme sufficient to typeset plain TeX or LaTeX documents in PostScript or PDF, using the Computer Modern fonts. This scheme corresponds to collection-basic and collection-latex.

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

Install texlive-scheme-basic 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-scheme-basic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-scheme-basic

Install texlive-scheme-basic 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-scheme-basic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-scheme-basic

How To Uninstall texlive-scheme-basic on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-scheme-basic

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Summary

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