How To Install texlive-wadalab on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-wadalab in AlmaLinux 8. texlive-wadalab is Wadalab (Japanese) font packages

Introduction

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

What is texlive-wadalab

These are font bundles for the Japanese Wadalab fonts which work with the CJK package. All subfonts now have glyph names compliant to the Adobe Glyph List, making ToUnicode CMaps in PDF documents (created automatically by dvipdfmx) work correctly. All font bundles now contain virtual Unicode subfonts.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-wadalab

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-wadalab

How To Uninstall texlive-wadalab on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-wadalab

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Summary

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