How To Install texlive-thumbs on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-thumbs on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-thumbs
The package puts running, customizable thumb marks in the outer margin, moving downward as the chapter number (or whatever shall be marked by the thumb marks) increases. Additionally an overview page/table of thumb marks can be added automatically, which gives the names of the thumbed objects, the page where the object/thumb mark first appears, and the thumb mark itself at its correct position. The thumb marks are useful for large documents (such as reference guides, anthologies, etc.), where a quick and easy way to find (for example) a chapter is needed.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-thumbs on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-thumbs.
Install texlive-thumbs 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-thumbs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-thumbs
Install texlive-thumbs 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-thumbs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-thumbs
How To Uninstall texlive-thumbs on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-thumbs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-thumbs
texlive-thumbs Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-thumbs
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-thumbs/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/thumbs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/thumbs/thumbs.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-thumbs on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
