How To Install texlive-download on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-download in Fedora 36. texlive-download is Allow LaTeX to download files using an external process

Introduction

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

What is texlive-download

The package allows the user to download files (using cURL or wget), from within a document. To run the external commands, LaTeX (or whatever) needs to be run with the –shell-escape flag; this creates a tension between your needs and the security implications of the flag; users should exercise due caution.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-download

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-download

How To Uninstall texlive-download on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-download

texlive-download Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

References

Summary

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