How To Install texlive-addliga on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-addliga in Fedora 36. texlive-addliga is Access basic ligatures in legacy TrueType fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-addliga on Fedora 36.

What is texlive-addliga

This small and simple package allows LuaLaTeX users to access basic ligatures (ff, fi, ffi, fl, ffl) in legacy TrueType fonts (those lacking a liga table) accessed via fontspec.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-addliga on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-addliga.

Install texlive-addliga on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-addliga using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-addliga

Install texlive-addliga on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-addliga

How To Uninstall texlive-addliga on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the texlive-addliga package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-addliga

texlive-addliga Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/addliga
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/addliga/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/addliga/addliga.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/addliga/addliga.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/lualatex/addliga
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/lualatex/addliga/addliga.sty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-addliga on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).