How To Install texlive-xcolor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xcolor on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-xcolor is Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xcolor on Rocky Linux 8.

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}.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xcolor

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xcolor

How To Uninstall texlive-xcolor on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xcolor

texlive-xcolor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xcolor
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xcolor/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/ChangeLog
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor.lox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor2.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor3.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/xcolor/xcolor4.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/xcolor
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/xcolor/xcolor.pro
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/svgnam.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/x11nam.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xcolor on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.