How To Install texlive-markdown on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-markdown in Fedora 36. texlive-markdown is A package for converting and rendering markdown documents inside TeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-markdown

The package provides facilities for the conversion of markdown markup to plain TeX. These are provided both in form of a Lua module and in form of plain TeX, LaTeX, and ConTeXt macro packages that enable the direct inclusion of markdown documents inside TeX documents. Architecturally, the package consists of the Lunamark Lua module by John MacFarlane, which was slimmed down and rewritten for the needs of the package. Lunamark provides speedy markdown parsing for the rest of the package. On top of Lunamark sits code for the plain TeX, LaTeX, and ConTeXt formats by Vit Novotny.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-markdown

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-markdown

How To Uninstall texlive-markdown on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-markdown

texlive-markdown Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-markdown
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-markdown/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/markdown/markdown-cli.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/markdown
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/markdown/t-markdown.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/markdown
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/markdown/markdown.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/markdown
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/markdown/markdown.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/markdown
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/markdown/markdown.lua

References

Summary

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