How To Install texlive-chickenize on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-chickenize in Fedora 36. texlive-chickenize is Use lua callbacks for “interesting” textual effects

Introduction

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

What is texlive-chickenize

The package allows manipulations of any LuaTeX document (it is known to work with Plain LuaTeX and LuaLaTeX). Most of the package’s functions are merely for fun or educational use, but some functions (for example, colorstretch for visualising the badness and font expansion of each line, and letterspaceadjust doing what its name says) could be useful in a “normal” LuaTeX document.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-chickenize

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-chickenize

How To Uninstall texlive-chickenize on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-chickenize

texlive-chickenize Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chickenize
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chickenize/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/chickenize
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/chickenize/chickenize.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/chickenize/chickenize.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/chickenize/chickenize.tex

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Summary

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