How To Install R-showtext on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-showtext in Fedora 36. R-showtext is Using Fonts More Easily in R Graphs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-showtext on Fedora 36.

What is R-showtext

Making it easy to use various types of fonts (TrueType, OpenType, Type 1, web fonts, etc.) in R graphs, and supporting most output formats of R graphics including PNG, PDF and SVG. Text glyphs will be converted into polygons or raster images, hence after the plot has been created, it no longer relies on the font files. No external software such as Ghostscript is needed to use this package.

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

Install R-showtext 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 R-showtext using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-showtext

Install R-showtext 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 R-showtext using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-showtext

How To Uninstall R-showtext on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the R-showtext package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove R-showtext

R-showtext Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/6ef7dc766da62590c610070b4114f6493f1a3d
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/AUTHORS
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/COPYRIGHTS
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/INDEX
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/Meta/vignette.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/NEWS.Rd
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/R
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/R/showtext
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/R/showtext.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/R/showtext.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/doc
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/doc/index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/doc/introduction.R
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/doc/introduction.Rmd
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/doc/introduction.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext.auto.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext.begin.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext.end.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext.opts.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext_auto.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext_begin.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext_end.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/help/showtext_opts.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html/R.css
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html/showtext_auto.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html/showtext_begin.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html/showtext_end.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/html/showtext_opts.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/libs
/usr/lib64/R/library/showtext/libs/showtext.so

References

Summary

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