How To Install texlive-flippdf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-flippdf in Fedora 36. texlive-flippdf is Horizontal flipping of pages with pdfLaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-flippdf

The package allows the production of a document with pages “mirrored”. This is sometimes required by publishers who want camera-ready documents to be printed on transparent film (to be viewed from the “wrong” side). The package only works with pdfLaTeX or LuaLaTeX in PDF output mode. Package everypage is required on LaTeX releases before Fall 2020.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-flippdf

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-flippdf

How To Uninstall texlive-flippdf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-flippdf

texlive-flippdf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-flippdf
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-flippdf/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/flippdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/flippdf/flippdf-1x.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/flippdf/flippdf.sty

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Summary

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