How To Install texlive-pdf14 on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pdf14 on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-pdf14
Starting with TeX Live 2010, the various formats, that directly generate PDF, default to generating PDF 1.5. This is generally a good thing, but it can lead to compatibility issues with some older PDF viewers. This package changes the version of PDF generated with formats (based on pdfTeX or LuaTeX in PDF mode), back to 1.4 for documents that need to achieve maximal compatibility with old viewers.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-pdf14 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-pdf14.
Install texlive-pdf14 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-pdf14 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-pdf14
Install texlive-pdf14 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-pdf14 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-pdf14
How To Uninstall texlive-pdf14 on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-pdf14 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-pdf14
texlive-pdf14 Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pdf14
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pdf14/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdf14
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdf14/pdf14.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pdf14 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
