How To Install texlive-bxnewfont on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-bxnewfont in Fedora 36. texlive-bxnewfont is Enhanced \newfont command

Introduction

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

What is texlive-bxnewfont

This package provides a new command \newfontx. It is similar to the old (and deprecated) command \newfont in function, but is more compatible with NFSS. In particular, one can safely change font size after invoking a font command defined by \newfontx. The new command will be useful to users who know much of the old \newfont command but are unfamiliar with the detail of NFSS.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-bxnewfont

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-bxnewfont

How To Uninstall texlive-bxnewfont on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-bxnewfont

texlive-bxnewfont Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bxnewfont
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-bxnewfont/other-free.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bxnewfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bxnewfont/bxnewfont.sty

References

Summary

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