How To Install texlive-xifthen on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xifthen on CentOS 7. texlive-xifthen is Extended conditional commands

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xifthen

This package extends the ifthen package by implementing new commands to go within the first argument of \ifthenelse test whether a string is void or not, if a command is defined or equivalent to another. The package also enables use of complex expressions as introduced by the package calc, together with the ability of defining new commands to handle complex tests. The package requires e-TeX features. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xifthen

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xifthen

How To Uninstall texlive-xifthen on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xifthen

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Summary

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