How To Install texlive-breakurl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-breakurl in Fedora 36. texlive-breakurl is Line-breakable \url-like links in hyperref when compiling via dvips/ps2pdf

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-breakurl`

This package provides a command much like hyperref’s \url that typesets a URL using a typewriter-like font. However, if the dvips driver is being used, the original \url doesn’t allow line breaks in the middle of the created link in one atomic piece. This package allows such line breaks in the generated links.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-breakurl

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-breakurl

How To Uninstall texlive-breakurl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-breakurl

texlive-breakurl Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

References

texlive-breakurl website

Summary

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