How To Install texlive-url on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-url on CentOS 7.

What is texlive-url

The command \url is a form of verbatim command that allows linebreaks at certain characters or combinations of characters, accepts reconfiguration, and can usually be used in the argument to another command. (The \urldef command provides robust commands that serve in cases when \url doesn’t work in an argument.) The command is intended for email addresses, hypertext links, directories/paths, etc., which normally have no spaces, so by default the package ignores spaces in its argument. However, a package option “allows spaces”, which is useful for operating systems where spaces are a common part of file names. date

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-url on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-url.

Install texlive-url on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-url using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-url

Install texlive-url 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.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-url using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-url

How To Uninstall texlive-url on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-url

References

• texlive-url website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-url on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.