How To Install texlive-crossword on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-crossword in Fedora 36. texlive-crossword is Typeset crossword puzzles

Introduction

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

What is texlive-crossword

An extended grid-based puzzle package, designed to take all input (both grid and clues) from the same file. The package can typeset grids with holes in them (for advertisements, or other sorts of stuff), and can deal with several sorts of puzzle classical puzzle contains numbers for the words and clues for the words to be filled in. The numbered puzzle contains numbers in each cell where identical numbers represent identical letters. The goal is to find out which number corresponds to which letter. The fill-in type of puzzle consists of a grid and a list of words. The goal is to place all words in the grid. Sudoku and Kakuro puzzles involve filling in grids of numbers according to their own rules. Format may be block-separated, or separated by thick lines. Input to the package is somewhat redundant specification of the clues (if they’re necessary). The author considers this style both ’natural’ and robust.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-crossword

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-crossword

How To Uninstall texlive-crossword on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-crossword

texlive-crossword Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/crossword
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/crossword/cwpuzzle.sty

References

Summary

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