On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Ben Ruijl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For my work I want to use tikz to draw all sorts of diagrams in tex. However,
> I found that there is no package in the repositories. Why isn't there a
> package, and what would you recommend is the easiest way to install tikz?

The closest I find is ktikz and gtikz in Fedora. Maybe not "the
easiest" but you can try rebuilding from their src.rpm. This CentOS
wiki will help you:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/RebuildSRPM

Another option will be to ask one of the repositories that provide EL packages.

Akemi