How To Install texlive-xecolor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xecolor on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-xecolor is Support for color in XeLaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xecolor

This is a simple package which defines about 140 different colours using XeTeX’s colour feature. The colours can be used in bidirectional texts without any problem.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xecolor

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xecolor

How To Uninstall texlive-xecolor on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xecolor

texlive-xecolor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xecolor
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xecolor/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/xecolor
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/xecolor/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xecolor
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xecolor/xecolor.sty

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Summary

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