How To Install kguitar-tex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kguitar-tex in Fedora 36. kguitar-tex is MusixTeX support for KGuitar

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kguitar-tex on Fedora 36.

What is kguitar-tex

KGuitar is a powerful KDE-based music tabulature editor with support of multiple guitar (or any fretted instrument) and drum tracks. KGuitar also supports classic note scores, MIDI synthesizer output, chord, scales, modes, melody and rhythm construction and analysis tools, lots of tab effects, lyrics, Guitar Pro files import and lots of other things. This package provides support for compiling MusixTex files exported from Kguitar.

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

Install kguitar-tex 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 kguitar-tex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kguitar-tex

Install kguitar-tex 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 kguitar-tex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kguitar-tex

How To Uninstall kguitar-tex on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kguitar-tex package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kguitar-tex

kguitar-tex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/kgtabs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/kgtabs/kgtabs.tex

References

Summary

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