How To Install texlive-substitutefont on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-substitutefont in Fedora 36. texlive-substitutefont is Easy font substitution

Introduction

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

What is texlive-substitutefont

Many free fonts are extensions of a basic font family with new glyphs or shapes. Such fonts may be given a new name due to licence reasons or to the creator’s preference. The package facilitates the task of setting up a font family as substitute for another one, using its \substitutefont command.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-substitutefont

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-substitutefont

How To Uninstall texlive-substitutefont on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-substitutefont

texlive-substitutefont Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-substitutefont
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-substitutefont/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/substitutefont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/substitutefont/substitutefont.sty

References

Summary

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