How to Install and Uninstall texlive-pslatex Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "texlive-pslatex" package

Please follow the steps below to install texlive-pslatex on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install texlive-pslatex

2. Uninstall "texlive-pslatex" package

Learn how to uninstall texlive-pslatex on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove texlive-pslatex

3. Information about the texlive-pslatex package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package texlive-pslatex:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : texlive-pslatex
Version : 2023.209.1.3svn57434-53.2
Arch : noarch
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 18.0 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : texlive-specs-s-2023-53.2.src
Upstream URL : https://www.tug.org/texlive/
Summary : Use PostScript fonts by default
Description :
A small package that makes LaTeX default to 'standard'
PostScript fonts. It is basically a merger of the times and the
(obsolete) mathptm packages from the psnfss suite. You must
have installed standard LaTeX and the psnfss PostScript fonts
to use this package. The main novel feature is that the pslatex
package tries to compensate for the visual differences between
the Adobe fonts by scaling Helvetica by 90%, and 'condensing'
Courier (i.e. scaling horizontally) by 85%. The package is
supplied with a (unix) shell file for a 'pslatex' command that
allows standard LaTeX documents to be processed, without
needing to edit the file. Note that current psnfss uses a
different technique for scaling Helvetica, and treats Courier
as a lost cause (there are better free fixed-width available
now, than there were when pslatex was designed). As a result,
pslatex is widely considered obsolete.

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