How To Install texlive-autoarea on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-autoarea in Fedora 36. texlive-autoarea is Automatic computation of bounding boxes with PiCTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-autoarea

This package makes PiCTeX recognize lines and arcs in determining the “bounding box” of a picture. (PiCTeX so far accounted for put commands only). The “bounding box” is essential for proper placement of a picture between running text and margins and for keeping the running text away.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-autoarea

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-autoarea

How To Uninstall texlive-autoarea on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-autoarea

texlive-autoarea Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-autoarea
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-autoarea/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/autoarea
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/autoarea/autoarea.sty

References

Summary

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