How To Install texlive-fiziko on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fiziko in Fedora 36. texlive-fiziko is A MetaPost library for physics textbook illustrations

Introduction

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

What is texlive-fiziko

This MetaPost library was initially written to automate some elements of black and white illustrations for a physics textbook. It provides functions to draw things like lines of variable width, shaded spheres, and tubes of different kinds, which can be used to produce images of a variety of objects. The library also contains functions to draw some objects constructed from these primitives.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fiziko

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fiziko

How To Uninstall texlive-fiziko on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fiziko

texlive-fiziko Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fiziko
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fiziko/gpl3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/fiziko
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/fiziko/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/fiziko/fiziko.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/fiziko/fiziko.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/fiziko
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/fiziko/fiziko.mp

References

Summary

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