How To Install texlive-amiri on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-amiri in Fedora 36. texlive-amiri is A classical Arabic typeface, Naskh style

Introduction

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

What is texlive-amiri

Amiri is a classical Arabic typeface in Naskh style for typesetting books and other running text. It is a revival of the beautiful typeface pioneered in the early 20th century by Bulaq Press in Cairo, also known as Amiria Press, after which the font is named. The project aims at the revival of the aesthetics and traditions of Arabic typesetting, and adapting it to the era of digital typesetting, in a publicly available form.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-amiri

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-amiri

How To Uninstall texlive-amiri on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-amiri

texlive-amiri Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-amiri
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-amiri/ofl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri/Amiri-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri/Amiri-BoldSlanted.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri/Amiri-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri/Amiri-Slanted.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri/AmiriQuran.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/amiri/AmiriQuranColored.ttf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amiri
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amiri/Amiri.fontspec

References

Summary

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