How To Install texlive-preprint on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-preprint in Fedora 36. texlive-preprint is A bundle of packages provided “as is”

Introduction

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

What is texlive-preprint

The bundle comprises author/affiliation input in the \author command, balance, to balance the end of \twocolumn pages, figcaps, to send figure captions, etc., to end document, fullpage, to set narrow page margins and set a fixed page style, and sublabel, which permits counters to be subnumbered.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-preprint

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-preprint

How To Uninstall texlive-preprint on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-preprint

texlive-preprint Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-preprint
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-preprint/collection.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/preprint
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/preprint/authblk.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/preprint/balance.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/preprint/figcaps.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/preprint/fullpage.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/preprint/sublabel.sty

References

Summary

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