How To Install texlive-bidicontour on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-bidicontour in Fedora 36. texlive-bidicontour is Bidi-aware coloured contour around text

Introduction

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

What is texlive-bidicontour

The package is a re-implementation of the contour package, making it bidi-aware, and adding support of the xdvipdfmx (when the outline option of the package is used).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-bidicontour

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-bidicontour

How To Uninstall texlive-bidicontour on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-bidicontour

texlive-bidicontour Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bidicontour
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bidicontour/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/bidicontour
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/bidicontour/bidicontour.sty

References

Summary

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