How To Install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf in Fedora 36. ghostscript-tools-dvipdf is Ghostscript’s ‘dvipdf’ utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf on Fedora 36.

What is `ghostscript-tools-dvipdf`

This package provides the utility ‘dvipdf’ for converting of TeX DVI files into PDF files using Ghostscript and dvips.

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

Install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf 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 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf

Install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf 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 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghostscript-tools-dvipdf

How To Uninstall ghostscript-tools-dvipdf on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghostscript-tools-dvipdf

ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dvipdf
/usr/share/man/de/man1/dvipdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvipdf.1.gz

References

ghostscript-tools-dvipdf website

Summary

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