How To Install texlive-fixpdfmag on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fixpdfmag in Fedora 36. texlive-fixpdfmag is Fix magnification in PDFTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fixpdfmag

A recent change to PDFTeX has caused magnification to apply to page dimensions. This small package changes the values set in the page dimension variables from pt to truept, thus evading the effects of \mag.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fixpdfmag

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fixpdfmag

How To Uninstall texlive-fixpdfmag on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fixpdfmag

texlive-fixpdfmag Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fixpdfmag
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fixpdfmag/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fixpdfmag
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fixpdfmag/fixpdfmag.tex

References

Summary

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