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

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-zapfding.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. texlive-zapfding.noarch is URW “Base 35” font pack for LaTeX

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-zapfding.noarch`

A set of fonts for use as “drop-in” replacements for Adobe’s basic set, comprising Adobe’s New Century Schoolbook); - Dingbats (substituting for Adobe’s Zapf Dingbats); - Nimbus Mono L (substituting for Abobe’s Courier); - Nimbus Roman No9 L (substituting for Adobe’s Times); - Nimbus Sans L (substituting for Adobe’s Helvetica); - Standard Symbols L (substituting for Adobe’s Symbol); - URW Bookman; - URW Chancery L Medium Italic (substituting for Adobe’s Zapf Chancery); - URW Gothic L Book (substituting for Adobe’s Avant Garde); and - URW Palladio L (substituting for Adobe’s Palatino). date

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

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-zapfding.noarch

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

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

sudo yum remove texlive-zapfding.noarch

texlive-zapfding.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/texlive-zapfding-svn28614.0
/usr/share/doc/texlive-zapfding-svn28614.0/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/zapfding/config.uzd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/zapfding/pzdr.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/urw/zapfding/uzdr.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/zapfding/uzd.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/adobe/zapfding/pzdr.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/urw35vf/zapfding/uzdr.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/zapfding/uzdr.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/zapfding/uzdr.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/zapfding/uuzd.fd

References

texlive-zapfding.noarch website

Summary

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