How to Install and Uninstall texlive-xetex.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "texlive-xetex.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install texlive-xetex.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "texlive-xetex.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall texlive-xetex.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the texlive-xetex.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : texlive-xetex
Epoch : 7
Version : 20180414
Release : 25.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.5 M
Source : texlive-20180414-25.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Unicode and OpenType-enabled TeX engine
URL : http://tug.org/texlive/
License : MIT
Description : XeTeX is an extension of TeX that integrates TeX's typesetting capabilities
: with (a) the Unicode text encoding standard (supporting most of the world’s
: scripts) and (b) modern font technologies (TrueType and OpenType) and text
: layout services (AAT, OpenType layout, SIL Graphite) provided by the host
: operating system and available libraries.
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: With XeTeX, the advanced typographic features provided by OpenType fonts become
: available for all TeX users, as well as support for complex non-roman scripts.
: XeTeX also eliminates the complex task of managing a TeX font installation.
: XeTeX is now part of the standard TeX distribution TeXLive and works well with
: TeX macro packages like LaTeX and ConTeXt.