How To Install texlive-chessboard on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-chessboard in Fedora 36. texlive-chessboard is Print chess boards

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-chessboard`

This package offers commands to print chessboards. It can print partial boards, hide pieces and fields, color the boards and put various marks on the board. It has a lot of options to place pieces on the board. Using exotic pieces (e.g., for fairy chess) is possible. The documentation includes an example of an animated chessboard, for those whose PDF viewer can display animations.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-chessboard

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-chessboard

How To Uninstall texlive-chessboard on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-chessboard

texlive-chessboard Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chessboard
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chessboard/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chessboard
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chessboard/UF-chessboard-documentation.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chessboard/chessboard-keys-main.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chessboard/chessboard-keys-pgf.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chessboard/chessboard-pgf.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chessboard/chessboard.sty

References

texlive-chessboard website

Summary

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