How To Install texlive-navigator on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-navigator in Fedora 36. texlive-navigator is PDF features across formats and engines

Introduction

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

What is texlive-navigator

Navigator implements PDF features for all formats (with some limitations in ConTeXt) with PDFTeX, LuaTeX and XeTeX (i.e. xdvipdfmx). Features include bookmarks); Anchors; Links and actions (e.g. JavaScript or user- defined PDF actions); File embedding (not in ConTeXt); Document information and PDF viewer’s display (not in ConTeXt); and Commands to create and use raw PDF objects. Navigator requires texapi and yax, both version at least 1.03.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-navigator

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-navigator

How To Uninstall texlive-navigator on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-navigator

texlive-navigator Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-navigator
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-navigator/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/navigator
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/navigator/navigator.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/navigator/navigator.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/navigator/t-navigator.tex

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Summary

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