How To Install texlive-accfonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-accfonts in Fedora 36. texlive-accfonts is Utilities to derive new fonts from existing ones

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-accfonts on Fedora 36.

What is `texlive-accfonts`

The accfonts package contains three utilities to permit easy manipulation of fonts, in particular the creation of unusual accented characters. Mkt1font works on Adobe Type 1 fonts, vpl2vpl works on TeX virtual fonts and vpl2ovp transforms a TeX font to an Omega one. All three programs read in a font (either the font itself or a property list), together with a simple definition file containing lines such as ‘128 z acute’; they then write out a new version of the font with the requested new characters in the numerical slots specified. Great care is taken over the positioning of accents, and over the provision of kerning information for new characters; mkt1font also generates suitable “hints” to enhance quality at small sizes or poor resolutions. The programs are written in Perl.

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

Install texlive-accfonts 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 texlive-accfonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-accfonts

Install texlive-accfonts 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 texlive-accfonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-accfonts

How To Uninstall texlive-accfonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the texlive-accfonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-accfonts

texlive-accfonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mkt1font
/usr/bin/vpl2ovp
/usr/bin/vpl2vpl
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-accfonts
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-accfonts/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/accfonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/accfonts/CHANGES
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/accfonts/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/accfonts/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/accfonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/accfonts/mkt1font
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/accfonts/vpl2ovp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/accfonts/vpl2vpl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/accfonts
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/accfonts/CSX.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/accfonts/ISO-Latin1.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/accfonts/ISO-Latin2.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/accfonts/IndUni_Omega.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/accfonts/Norman.def

References

texlive-accfonts website

Summary

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