How To Install texlive-texdoctk on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texdoctk on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-texdoctk
A Perl/Tk-based GUI for easy access to package documentation for TeX on Unix platforms; the databases it uses are based on the texmf/doc subtrees of teTeX, but database files for local configurations with modified/extended directories can be derived from them. Note that texdoctk is not a viewer itself, but an interface for finding documentation files and opening them with the appropriate viewer; so it relies on appropriate programs to be installed on the system. However, the choice of these programs can be configured by the sysadmin or user. Now only distributed as part of TeX Live, which includes a Windows executable.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-texdoctk on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-texdoctk.
Install texlive-texdoctk 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-texdoctk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-texdoctk
Install texlive-texdoctk 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-texdoctk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-texdoctk
How To Uninstall texlive-texdoctk on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-texdoctk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-texdoctk
texlive-texdoctk Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/texdoctk
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texdoctk
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texdoctk/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/texdoctk.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texdoctk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texdoctk/texdoctk.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texdoctk
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texdoctk/texdocrc-win32.defaults
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texdoctk/texdocrc.defaults
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texdoctk/texdoctk.dat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texdoctk on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
