How To Install texlive-index.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-index.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-index.noarch is Extended index for LaTeX including multiple indexes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-index.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is texlive-index.noarch

This is a reimplementation of LaTeX’s indexing macros to provide better support for indexing. For example, it supports multiple indexes in a single document and provides a more robust \index command. It supplies short hand notations for the \index command (^{word}) and a * variation of \index (abbreviated _{word}) that prints the word being indexed, as well as creating an index entry for it. date

We can use yum to install texlive-index.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-index.noarch.

Install texlive-index.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-index.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-index.noarch

How To Uninstall texlive-index.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the texlive-index.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove texlive-index.noarch

texlive-index.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index/xagsm.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index/xplain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/index/bibref.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index/autind.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index/bibref.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index/index.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-index.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.