How To Install texlive-contour on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-contour in Fedora 36. texlive-contour is Print a coloured contour around text

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-contour`

This package generates a coloured contour around a given text in order to enable printing text over a background without the need of a coloured box around the text.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-contour

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-contour

How To Uninstall texlive-contour on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-contour

texlive-contour Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-contour
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-contour/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour/contour.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour/contour.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour/dvips.cnt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour/dvipsone.cnt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour/pdftex.cnt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/contour/vtex.cnt

References

texlive-contour website

Summary

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