How To Install texlive-curves on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-curves in Fedora 36. texlive-curves is Curves for LaTeX picture environment

Introduction

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

What is texlive-curves

The draws curves in the standard LaTeX picture environment using parabolas between data points with continuous slope at joins; for circles and arcs, it uses up to 16 parabolas. The package also draws symbols or dash patterns along curves. The package provides facilities equivalent to technical pens with compasses and French curves. Curves consist of short secants drawn by overlapping disks or line-drawing \special commands selected by package options.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-curves

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-curves

How To Uninstall texlive-curves on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-curves

texlive-curves Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-curves
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-curves/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/curves
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/curves/curves.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/curves/curvesls.sty

References

Summary

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