How To Install texlive-epsdice on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-epsdice in Fedora 36. texlive-epsdice is A scalable dice “font”

Introduction

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

What is texlive-epsdice

The epsdice package defines a single command \epsdice that takes a numeric argument (in the range 1-6), and selects a face image from a file that contains each of the 6 possible die faces. The graphic file is provided in both Encapsulated PostScript and PDF formats.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-epsdice

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-epsdice

How To Uninstall texlive-epsdice on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-epsdice

texlive-epsdice Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-epsdice
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-epsdice/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/epsdice
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/epsdice/dice.eps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/epsdice/dice.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/epsdice/epsdice.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/epsdice/epsdice.sty

References

Summary

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