How To Install texlive-fixcmex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fixcmex in Fedora 36. texlive-fixcmex is Fully scalable version of Computer Modern Math Extension font

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fixcmex

This package provides a fully scalable version of the Computer Modern Math Extension font for curing sizing problems mainly with lmodern. It can be used when the main font of the document is Computer Modern (or European Modern, if T1 encoding is selected), or Latin Modern. It redefines the math extension font so that it becomes arbitrarily scalable, using the optical size fonts provided by the AMS together with the original cmex10 font.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fixcmex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fixcmex

How To Uninstall texlive-fixcmex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fixcmex

texlive-fixcmex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fixcmex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fixcmex/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fixcmex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fixcmex/fixcmex.sty

References

Summary

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