How To Install texlive-ctanify on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ctanify in Fedora 36. texlive-ctanify is Prepare a package for upload to CTAN

Introduction

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

What is texlive-ctanify

Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN’s preferred structure. The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which may be used by those intending to install the package, or by those who need to incorporate it in a distribution. (The TDS ZIP file will be installed in the CTAN install/ tree.)

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ctanify

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-ctanify

How To Uninstall texlive-ctanify on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-ctanify

texlive-ctanify Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ctanify
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ctanify
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ctanify/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/ctanify.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctanify
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctanify/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctanify/ctanify.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/ctanify
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/ctanify/ctanify

References

Summary

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