How To Install texlive-easyformat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-easyformat in Fedora 36. texlive-easyformat is Add easier bolds and italics

Introduction

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

What is texlive-easyformat

This package allows the use of underscores and circumflexes to begin resp. end \textit{italic}, \textbf{bold} or \textsc{smallcaps} formatting as an alternative to the standard LaTeX \verb|\textit{\dots}|, \verb|\textbf{\dots}| and/or \verb|\textsc{\dots}|. The underscore and circumflex’s meaning in mathmode remain the same.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-easyformat

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-easyformat

How To Uninstall texlive-easyformat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-easyformat

texlive-easyformat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-easyformat
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-easyformat/gpl3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/easyformat
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/easyformat/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/easyformat/easyformat.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/easyformat/easyformat.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/easyformat
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/easyformat/easyformat.sty

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Summary

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