How To Install texlive-stealcaps on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-stealcaps in Fedora 36. texlive-stealcaps is “Steal” small capitals

Introduction

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

What is texlive-stealcaps

This little package is mainly meant to be used when there is a (TrueType or OpenType) font that does not provide real small capitals. As a workaround, this package helps to borrow, or “steal”, the small capitals from another font. This might also be useful in the rare case that someone does not like the present small capitals, and wants to change them, or likes those from another font better. To achieve the borrowing, one only needs to load the package and specify the name of the target font via the from option. Package dependencies iftex, fontspec.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-stealcaps

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-stealcaps

How To Uninstall texlive-stealcaps on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-stealcaps

texlive-stealcaps Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-stealcaps
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-stealcaps/lppl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/stealcaps.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/testfile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/testfile/EBGaramond.ttf.zip
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/testfile/brelaregular.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/testfile/stealcapitals-test.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/stealcaps/testfile/stealcapitals-test.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stealcaps
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stealcaps/stealcaps.sty

References

Summary

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