How To Install texlive-decorule on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-decorule in Fedora 36. texlive-decorule is Decorative swelled rule using font character

Introduction

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

What is texlive-decorule

The package implements a decorative swelled rule using only a symbol from a font installed with all distributions of TeX, so it works independently, without the need to install any additional software or fonts. This is the packaged version of the macro which was originally published in the “Typographers’ Inn” column in TUGboat 31

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-decorule

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-decorule

How To Uninstall texlive-decorule on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-decorule

texlive-decorule Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

References

Summary

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