How To Install texlive-etex-pkg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-etex-pkg in Fedora 36. texlive-etex-pkg is E-TeX support package

Introduction

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

What is texlive-etex-pkg

The package provides support for LaTeX documents to use many of the extensions offered by e-TeX; in particular, it modifies LaTeX’s register allocation macros to make use of the extended register range. The etextools package provides macros that make more sophisticated use of e-TeX’s facilities.

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

Install texlive-etex-pkg 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-etex-pkg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-etex-pkg

Install texlive-etex-pkg 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-etex-pkg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-etex-pkg

How To Uninstall texlive-etex-pkg on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-etex-pkg

texlive-etex-pkg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty

References

Summary

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