How To Install texlive-asapsym on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-asapsym in Fedora 36. texlive-asapsym is Using the free ASAP Symbol font with LaTeX and Plain TeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-asapsym

The package provides macros (usable with LaTeX or Plain TeX) for using the freely available ASAP Symbol font, which is also included. The font is distributed in OpenType format, and makes extensive use of OpenType features. Therefore, at this time, only XeTeX and LuaTeX are supported. An error message is issued if an OTF-capable engine is not detected.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-asapsym

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-asapsym

How To Uninstall texlive-asapsym on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-asapsym

texlive-asapsym Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/appdata/asapsym.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fonts/asapsym
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-asapsym
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-asapsym/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/omnibus-type/asapsym
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/omnibus-type/asapsym/Asap-Symbol.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/asapsym
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/asapsym/asapsym-generic.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/asapsym
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/asapsym/asapsym.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/asapsym
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/asapsym/asapsym.code.tex

References

Summary

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