How To Install texlive-astro on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-astro in Fedora 36. texlive-astro is Astronomical (planetary) symbols

Introduction

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

What is texlive-astro

Astrosym is a font containing astronomical symbols, including those used for the planets, four planetoids, the phases of the moon, the signs of the zodiac, and some additional symbols. The font is distributed as Metafont source.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-astro

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-astro

How To Uninstall texlive-astro on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-astro

texlive-astro Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-astro
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-astro/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro/astrosym.cal
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro/astrosym.cmn
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro/astrosym.mac
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro/astrosym.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro/astrosym.uni
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/astro/astrosym.xtr
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/astro
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/astro/astrosym.tfm

References

Summary

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