How To Install texlive-mf2pt1 on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mf2pt1
on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-mf2pt1
mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. It is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input. If these restrictions are met, mf2pt1 will produce valid Type 1 output with more accurate control points than can be reverse-engineered by TeXtrace, mftrace, and other programs which convert bitmaps to outline fonts.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install texlive-mf2pt1
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-mf2pt1.
Install texlive-mf2pt1 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-mf2pt1
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-mf2pt1
Install texlive-mf2pt1 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-mf2pt1
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-mf2pt1
How To Uninstall texlive-mf2pt1 on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-mf2pt1
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-mf2pt1
texlive-mf2pt1 Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/mf2pt1
/usr/share/info/mf2pt1.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mf2pt1
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mf2pt1/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mf2pt1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mf2pt1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mf2pt1/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mf2pt1/mf2pt1.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mf2pt1/mf2pt1.texi
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/mf2pt1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/mf2pt1/mf2pt1.mp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/mf2pt1
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/mf2pt1/mf2pt1.pl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mf2pt1
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).