How To Install texlive-xcolor on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xcolor on CentOS 7. texlive-xcolor is Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xcolor

Provides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of color tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors. It allows a user to select a document-wide target color model and offers complete tools for conversion between eight color models. Additionally, there is a command for alternating row colors plus repeated non-aligned material (like horizontal lines) in tables. Colors can be mixed like \color{red!30!green!40!blue}. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xcolor

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xcolor

How To Uninstall texlive-xcolor on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xcolor

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Summary

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