How To Install texlive-xunicode on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xunicode on CentOS 7. texlive-xunicode is Generate Unicode characters from accented glyphs

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xunicode

The package supports XeTeX’s (and other putative future similar engines’) need for Unicode characters, in a similar way to what the fontenc does for 8-bit (and the like) fonts accent-glyph sequence to a single Unicode character for output. The package also covers glyphs specified by packages (such as tipa) which define many commands for single text glyphs. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xunicode

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xunicode

How To Uninstall texlive-xunicode on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xunicode

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Summary

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