How To Install texlive-plex-otf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-plex-otf in Fedora 36. texlive-plex-otf is Support for the OpenType font IBM Plex

Introduction

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

What is texlive-plex-otf

This package supports the free otf fonts from the IBM Plex project which are available from GitHub or already part of your system (Windows/Linux/…). This package supports only XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX; for pdfLaTeX use plex-mono.sty, plex-sans.sty, and/or plex-serif.sty from the plex package. IBM Plex has no math symbols. You will have to use one of the existing math fonts if you need them.

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

Install texlive-plex-otf 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-plex-otf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-plex-otf

Install texlive-plex-otf 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-plex-otf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-plex-otf

How To Uninstall texlive-plex-otf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-plex-otf

texlive-plex-otf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-plex-otf
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-plex-otf/lppl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Changes
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-1.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-10.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-11.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-2.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-3.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-4.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-5.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-6.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-7.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-8.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/Examples/plex-otf-9.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/plex-otf-doc.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/plex-otf-doc.fonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/plex-otf-doc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/plex-otf/plex-otf-doc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/plex-otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/plex-otf/plex-otf.sty

References

Summary

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