How To Install texlive-dtxdescribe on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-dtxdescribe in Fedora 36. texlive-dtxdescribe is Describe additional object types in dtx source files

Introduction

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

What is texlive-dtxdescribe

The doc package includes tools for describing macros and environments in LaTeX source dtx format. This package adds additional tools for describing booleans, lengths, counters, keys, packages, classes, options, files, commands, arguments, and other objects. Each item is given a margin tag similar to \DescribeEnv, and is listed in the index by itself and also by category. Each item may be sorted further by an optional class. All index entries except code lines are hyperlinked. Descriptions are best accompanied by examples, so the environment dtxexample is provided. Contents are displayed verbatim along with a caption and cross-referencing. They are then \input and executed, and the result is shown.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-dtxdescribe

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-dtxdescribe

How To Uninstall texlive-dtxdescribe on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-dtxdescribe

texlive-dtxdescribe Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-dtxdescribe
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-dtxdescribe/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/dtxdescribe
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/dtxdescribe/README.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/dtxdescribe/dtxdescribe.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/dtxdescribe
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/dtxdescribe/dtxdescribe.sty

References

Summary

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