How To Install R-showtextdb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-showtextdb in Fedora 36. R-showtextdb is Font Files for the ‘showtext’ Package

Introduction

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

What is `R-showtextdb`

Providing font files that can be used by the ‘showtext’ package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install R-showtextdb

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

sudo yum -y install R-showtextdb

How To Uninstall R-showtextdb on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove R-showtextdb

R-showtextdb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/INDEX
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta/features.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta/links.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/Meta/package.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/NAMESPACE
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/NEWS.Rd
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/R
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/R/showtextdb
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/R/showtextdb.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/R/showtextdb.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/fonts
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/fonts/wqy-microhei.ttc
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/AnIndex
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/aliases.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/font_install.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/font_installed.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/google_fonts.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/load_showtext_fonts.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/paths.rds
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/showtextdb.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/showtextdb.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/source_han.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/source_han_sans.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/help/source_han_serif.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html/00Index.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html/R.css
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html/font_install.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html/google_fonts.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html/load_showtext_fonts.html
/usr/share/R/library/showtextdb/html/source_han.html

References

R-showtextdb website

Summary

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