How To Install wiki2beamer on Fedora 34

wiki2beamer is Converts a simple wiki-like syntax to complex LaTeX beamer code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wiki2beamer on Fedora 34.

What is wiki2beamer

Wiki2beamer converts a simple wiki-like syntax to complex LaTeX beamer code. It’s written in python and should run on windows and all *nix platforms. Why collaborative? Because you can use it with version control systems. Afraid to loose some LaTeX powers? Don’t worry LaTeX as wiki2beamer is just a preprocessor.

We can use yum or dnf to install wiki2beamer on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wiki2beamer.

Install wiki2beamer on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wiki2beamer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wiki2beamer

Install wiki2beamer on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wiki2beamer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wiki2beamer

How To Uninstall wiki2beamer on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the wiki2beamer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wiki2beamer

wiki2beamer Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/wiki2beamer
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/LICENSE-DOCS
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/README.md
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/.gitignore
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/advanced.wiki
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/beamer.wiki
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/fig
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/fig/knot.pdf
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/fig/rainbow.pdf
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/graphics.wiki
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/version0_4.wiki
/usr/share/doc/wiki2beamer/examples/version0_7.wiki
/usr/share/man/man1/wiki2beamer.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wiki2beamer on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.