Information about the package, texlive-latex, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The texlive-latex package is designed for, The LaTeX front end for the TeX text formatting system.
Package Name:
texlive-latex
Summary:
The LaTeX front end for the TeX text formatting system
Description:
LaTeX is a front end for the TeX text formatting system. Easier to use than TeX. LaTeX is essentially a set of TeX macros which provide convenient, predefined document formats for users. It also allows to compile LaTeX files directly to PDF format. The TeX documentation is located in the texlive-doc package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2007
Release:
60.el6_7
Size:
83 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and BSD and Public Domain and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and LPPL
Control the texlive-latex package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install texlive-latex
This command will install texlive-latex on the server.
yum remove texlive-latex
This command will un-install texlive-latex on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove texlive-latex, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove texlive-latex
This command will un-install texlive-latex on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove texlive-latex when using the -y flag.
yum update texlive-latex
This command will update texlive-latex to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove texlive-latex, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update texlive-latex
This command will update texlive-latex to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove texlive-latex when using the -y flag.
yum info texlive-latex
This command will show you core information about the texlive-latex package.
yum deplist texlive-latex
This command will show you the dependencies for texlive-latex. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update texlive-latex
This command will check if there is an update waiting on texlive-latex. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.