How To Install texlive-chkfloat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-chkfloat in Fedora 36. texlive-chkfloat is Warn whenever a float is placed “to far away”

Introduction

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

What is texlive-chkfloat

The package checks for floats that are placed too far from their origin. It was motivated by a question on the question and answer page.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-chkfloat

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-chkfloat

How To Uninstall texlive-chkfloat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-chkfloat

texlive-chkfloat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chkfloat
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-chkfloat/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chkfloat
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chkfloat/chkfloat.sty

References

Summary

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