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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-rsfs.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-rsfs.noarch is Ralph Smith’s Formal Script font

Introduction

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

What is texlive-rsfs.noarch

The fonts provide uppercase ‘formal’ script letters for use as symbols in scientific and mathematical typesetting (in contrast to the informal script fonts such as that used for the ‘calligraphic’ symbols in the TeX maths symbol font). The fonts are provided as MetaFont source, and as derived Adobe Type 1 format. LaTeX support, for using these fonts in mathematics, is available via one of the packages calrsfs and mathrsfs. date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-rsfs.noarch

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

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

sudo yum remove texlive-rsfs.noarch

texlive-rsfs.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs/rsfs10.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs/rsfs5.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/rsfs/rsfs7.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/rsfs/rsfs.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/rsfs10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/rsfs5.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/rsfs7.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/script.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/rsfs/scriptu.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs/rsfs10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs/rsfs5.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/rsfs/rsfs7.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs10.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs10.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs5.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs5.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs7.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/rsfs/rsfs7.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/rsfs/scrload.tex

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Summary

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