How To Install texlive-etexcmds on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etexcmds in Fedora 36. texlive-etexcmds is Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands

Introduction

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

What is texlive-etexcmds

New primitive commands are introduced in e-TeX; sometimes the names collide with existing macros. This package solves the name clashes by adding a prefix to e-TeX’s commands. For example, eTeX’s \unexpanded is provided as \etex@unexpanded.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-etexcmds

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-etexcmds

How To Uninstall texlive-etexcmds on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-etexcmds

texlive-etexcmds Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-etexcmds
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-etexcmds/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etexcmds
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etexcmds/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/etexcmds/etexcmds.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/etexcmds
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/etexcmds/etexcmds.sty

References

Summary

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