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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-metafont.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-metafont.noarch is A system for specifying fonts

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-metafont.noarch`

The program takes a semi-algorithmic specification of a font, and produces a bitmap font (whose properties are defined by a set of parameters of the target device), and a set metrics for use by TeX. The bitmap output may be converted into a format directly usable by a device driver, etc., by the tools provided in the parallel mfware distribution. (Third parties have developed tools to convert the bitmap output to outline fonts.) The distribution includes the source of Knuth’s Metafont book; this source is there to read, as an example of writing TeX – it should not be processed without Knuth’s direct permission. date

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

Install texlive-metafont.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-metafont.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-metafont.noarch

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

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

sudo yum remove texlive-metafont.noarch

texlive-metafont.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/texlive-metafont-svn26689.2.718281
/usr/share/doc/texlive-metafont-svn26689.2.718281/knuth.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mf-nowin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mf.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/expr.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/io.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/mf.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/null.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/base/plain.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config/cmmf.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/config/mf.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/3test.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/6test.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/mode2dpi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/mode2dpixy.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modename.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modes.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/ps2mfbas.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/rtest.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/test.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/waits.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/ztest.mf

References

texlive-metafont.noarch website

Summary

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