How To Install texlive-arev on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-arev in Fedora 36. texlive-arev is Fonts and LaTeX support files for Arev Sans

Introduction

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

What is texlive-arev

The package arev provides type 1 and virtual fonts, together with LaTeX packages for using Arev Sans in both text and mathematics. Arev Sans is a derivative of Bitstream Vera Sans created by Tavmjong Bah, adding support for Greek and Cyrillic characters. Bah also added a few variant letters that are more appropriate for mathematics. The primary purpose for using Arev Sans in LaTeX is presentations, particularly when using a computer projector. In such a context, Arev Sans is quite readable, with large x-height, “open letters”, wide spacing, and thick stems. The style is very similar to the SliTeX font lcmss, but heavier. Arev is one of a very small number of sans- font mathematics support packages. Others are cmbright, hvmath and kerkis.

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

Install texlive-arev 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-arev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-arev

Install texlive-arev 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-arev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-arev

How To Uninstall texlive-arev on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-arev

texlive-arev Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-arev
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-arev/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/arev/ArevSans-Bold.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/arev/ArevSans-BoldOblique.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/arev/ArevSans-Oblique.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/arev/ArevSans-Roman.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/arev/arevoml.enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/arev/arevoms.enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/arev/arevot1.enc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/arev/arev.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/ArevSans-Bold.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/ArevSans-BoldOblique.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/ArevSans-Oblique.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/ArevSans-Roman.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favb8r.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favb8t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favbi8r.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favbi8t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favmb7t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favmbi7m.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favmr7t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favmr7y.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favmri7m.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favr8r.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favr8t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favri8r.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/favri8t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/zavmb7t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/zavmbi7m.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/zavmr7t.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/zavmr7y.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/arev/zavmri7m.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/arev/ArevSans-Bold.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/arev/ArevSans-BoldOblique.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/arev/ArevSans-Oblique.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/arev/ArevSans-Roman.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/favb8t.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/favbi8t.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/favr8t.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/favri8t.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/zavmb7t.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/zavmbi7m.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/zavmr7t.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/zavmr7y.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/public/arev/zavmri7m.vf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/ams-mdbch.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/arev.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/arevmath.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/arevsymbols.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/arevtext.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/omlzavm.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/omszavm.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/ot1zavm.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/t1fav.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arev/uzavm.fd

References

Summary

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