How To Install texlive-plain on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-plain in Fedora 36. texlive-plain is The Plain TeX format

Introduction

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

What is texlive-plain

Contains files used to build the Plain TeX format, as described in the TeXbook, together with various supporting files (some also discussed in the book).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-plain

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-plain

How To Uninstall texlive-plain on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-plain

texlive-plain Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-plain
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-plain/knuth.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/plain
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/plain/plaintex.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/fontchart.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/gkpmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/letterformat.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/list-latin.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/list.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/llist-latin.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/llist.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/mptmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/picmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/plain.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/wlist.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/aleph.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/bplain.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/etex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/omega.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdfbplain.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdfetex.ini
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdftexmagfix.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/tex.ini

References

Summary

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