How To Install texlive-tools on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-tools in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-tools is The LaTeX standard tools bundle

Introduction

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

What is texlive-tools

A collection of (variously) simple tools provided as part of the LaTeX required tools distribution, comprising array, bm, calc, dcolumn, delarray, enumerate, fileerr, fontsmpl, ftnright, hhline, indentfirst, layout, longtable, multicol, rawfonts, showkeys, somedefs, tabularx, theorem, trace, varioref, verbatim, xr, and xspace.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-tools

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-tools

How To Uninstall texlive-tools on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-tools

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Summary

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