How To Install texlive-seminar on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-seminar in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-seminar is Make overhead slides

Introduction

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

What is texlive-seminar

A class that produces overhead slides (transparencies), with many facilities. The class requires availability of the fancybox package. Seminar is also the basis of other classes, such as prosper. In fact, seminar is not nowadays reckoned a good basis for a presentation – users are advised to use more recent classes such as powerdot or beamer, both of which are tuned to 21st-century presentation styles. Note that the seminar distribution relies on the xcomment package, which was once part of the bundle, but now has a separate existence.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-seminar

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-seminar

How To Uninstall texlive-seminar on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-seminar

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Summary

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