How To Install texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-url.
Install texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-url using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-url
Install texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-url using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-url
How To Uninstall texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the texlive-url package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-url
texlive-url Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-url
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-url/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/url
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/url/miscdoc.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/url/url.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/url/url.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/url
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/url/url.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-url on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.