How To Install texlive-bpolynomial on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-bpolynomial in Fedora 36. texlive-bpolynomial is Drawing polynomial functions of up to order 3

Introduction

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

What is texlive-bpolynomial

This MetaPost package helps plotting polynomial and root functions up to order three. The package provides macros to calculate Bezier curves exactly matching a given constant, linear, quadratic or cubic polynomial, or square or cubic root function. In addition, tangents on all functions and derivatives of polynomials can be calculated.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-bpolynomial

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-bpolynomial

How To Uninstall texlive-bpolynomial on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-bpolynomial

texlive-bpolynomial Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bpolynomial
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bpolynomial/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/bpolynomial
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/bpolynomial/bpolynomial.mp

References

Summary

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