How To Install texlive-siunitx on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-siunitx on CentOS 7.
What is texlive-siunitx
Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination is clear. In particular, the SI units system lays down a consistent set of units with rules on how they are to be used. However, different countries and publishers have differing conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). A number of LaTeX packages have been developed to provide consistent application of the various rules sistyle, unitsdef and units are the leading examples. The numprint package provides a large number of number-related functions, while dcolumn and rccol provide tools for typesetting tabular numbers. The siunitx package takes the best from the existing packages, and adds new features and a consistent interface. A number of new ideas have been incorporated, to fill gaps in the existing provision. The package also provides backward-compatibility with SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef and units. The aim is to have one package to handle all of the possible unit-related needs of LaTeX users. The package relies on LaTeX 3 support from the l3kernel and l3packages bundles.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-siunitx on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-siunitx.
Install texlive-siunitx on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-siunitx using yum by running the following command:
Install texlive-siunitx 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.
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-siunitx using dnf by running the following command:
How To Uninstall texlive-siunitx on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the texlive-siunitx package we can use the following command:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-siunitx on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.