How To Install texlive-braille on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-braille in Fedora 36. texlive-braille is Support for braille

Introduction

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

What is texlive-braille

This package allows the user to produce Braille documents on paper for the blind without knowing Braille (which can take years to learn). Python scripts grade1.py and grade2.py convert ordinary text to grade 1 and 2 Braille tags; then, the LaTeX package takes the tags and prints out corresponding Braille symbols.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-braille

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-braille

How To Uninstall texlive-braille on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-braille

texlive-braille Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/braille
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/braille/braille.sty

References

Summary

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