How To Install texlive-axessibility on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-axessibility in Fedora 36. texlive-axessibility is Access to formulas in PDF files by assistive technologies

Introduction

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

What is texlive-axessibility

PDF documents containing formulas generated by LaTeX are usually not accessible by assistive technologies for visually impaired people and people with special educational needs (i.e., by screen readers and braille displays). The axessibility package manages this issue, allowing to create a PDF document where the formulas are read by these assistive technologies, since it automatically generates hidden comments in the PDF document (by means of the /ActualText attribute and/or suitable tags) in correspondence to each formula.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-axessibility

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-axessibility

How To Uninstall texlive-axessibility on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-axessibility

texlive-axessibility Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-axessibility
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-axessibility/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility/axessibility.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility/axessibilityExampleAlignA.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility/axessibilityExampleAlignT.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility/axessibilityExampleSingleLineA.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/axessibility/axessibilityExampleSingleLineT.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/axessibility
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/axessibility/axessibility.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/axessibility/axessibility.sty

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Summary

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