How To Install texlive-expkv on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-expkv in Fedora 36. texlive-expkv is An expandable key=val implementation

Introduction

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

What is texlive-expkv

expkv is a minimalistic but fast and expandable = implementation. It provides two parsing macros \ekvset{}{<key=val list>} which is comparable to keyval’s \setkeys. \ekvparse{<key=val list>} which can be used inside \expanded and expands to {key} and {key}{val} for the entries in the <key=val list>. expkv has predictable brace-stripping behaviour and handles commas and equal signs with category codes 12 and 13 correctly. A key-defining interface that is not as rudimentary as the macros provided in this package is contained in expkv-def.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-expkv

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-expkv

How To Uninstall texlive-expkv on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-expkv

texlive-expkv Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-expkv
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-expkv/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/expkv
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/expkv/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/expkv/expkv.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/expkv
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/expkv/expkv.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/expkv
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/expkv/expkv.sty

References

Summary

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