How To Install texlive-makeindex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-makeindex in Fedora 36. texlive-makeindex is Provides sorted index from unsorted raw data

Introduction

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

What is texlive-makeindex

MakeIndex is a computer program which provides a sorted index from unsorted raw data. MakeIndex can process raw data output by various programs, however, it is generally used with LaTeX and troff.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-makeindex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-makeindex

How To Uninstall texlive-makeindex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-makeindex

texlive-makeindex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/makeindex
/usr/bin/mkindex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/76509bad76d56b9d66d36a78fb51be8683cb80
/usr/share/man/man1/makeindex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkindex.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/makeindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/makeindex/doc-src.zip
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/makeindex/ind.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/makeindex/makeindex.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/din.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/icase.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/latex.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/math.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/mkind.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/puncts.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/base/tex.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/kotex-utils
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/kotex-utils/kotex.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/kotex-utils/memucs-manual.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/mkgrkindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/mkgrkindex/lowercase-headers.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/mkgrkindex/uppercase-headers.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/makeindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/makeindex/idxmac.tex

References

Summary

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