How To Install texlive-fontch on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fontch in Fedora 36. texlive-fontch is Changing fonts, sizes and encodings in Plain TeX

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-fontch`

The fontch macros allow the user to change font size and family anywhere in a plain TeX document. Sizes of 8, 10, 12, 14, 20 and 24 points are available. A sans serif family (\sf) is defined in addition to the families already defined in plain TeX. Optional support for Latin Modern T1 and TS1 fonts is given. There are macros for non-latin1 letters and for most TS1 symbols. Math mode always uses CM fonts. A command for producing doubled-spaced documents is also provided. The present version of the package is designed to deal with the latest release of the Latin Modern fonts version 1.106. Unfortunately, it can no longer support earlier versions of the fonts, so an obsolete version of the package is retained for users who don’t yet have access to the latest version of the fonts.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fontch

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-fontch

How To Uninstall texlive-fontch on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fontch

texlive-fontch Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontch
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fontch/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fontch
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fontch/DSmac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fontch/TS1mac.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fontch/bsymbols.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fontch/fontch.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/fontch/fontch_doc.tex

References

texlive-fontch website

Summary

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