How To Install texlive-firstaid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-firstaid in Fedora 36. texlive-firstaid is First aid for external LaTeX files and packages that need updating

Introduction

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

What is texlive-firstaid

This package contains some first aid for LaTeX packages or classes that require updates because of internal changes to the LaTeX kernel that are not yet reflected in the package’s or class’s code. The file latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.ltx provided by this package is meant to be loaded during format generation and not by the user.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-firstaid

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-firstaid

How To Uninstall texlive-firstaid on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-firstaid

texlive-firstaid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-firstaid
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-firstaid/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/firstaid
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/firstaid/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/firstaid/changes.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/firstaid/latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/firstaid
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/firstaid/filehook-ltx.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/firstaid/latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.ltx

References

Summary

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