How To Install texlive-pkfix-helper on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pkfix-helper on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-pkfix-helper
Pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. Pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-pkfix-helper on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-pkfix-helper.
Install texlive-pkfix-helper 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-pkfix-helper using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-pkfix-helper
Install texlive-pkfix-helper 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-pkfix-helper using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-pkfix-helper
How To Uninstall texlive-pkfix-helper on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-pkfix-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-pkfix-helper
texlive-pkfix-helper Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/pkfix-helper
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pkfix-helper
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pkfix-helper/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/pkfix-helper.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/pkfix-helper
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/pkfix-helper/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/pkfix-helper/encoding-samples.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/pkfix-helper/encoding-samples.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/pkfix-helper
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/pkfix-helper/pkfix-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pkfix-helper on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
