How To Install texlive-forest on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-forest in Fedora 36. texlive-forest is Drawing (linguistic) trees

Introduction

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

What is texlive-forest

The package is provides a PGF/TikZ-based mechanism for drawing linguistic (and other kinds of) trees. Its main features are packing algorithm which can produce very compact trees; a user- friendly interface consisting of the familiar bracket encoding of trees plus the key-value interface to option-setting; many tree-formatting options, with control over option values of individual nodes and mechanisms for their manipulation; the possibility to decorate the tree using the full power of PGF/TikZ; and an externalization mechanism sensitive to code- changes.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-forest

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-forest

How To Uninstall texlive-forest on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-forest

texlive-forest Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-forest
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-forest/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/forest
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/forest/forest-doc.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest/forest-compat.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest/forest-doc.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest/forest-index.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest/forest-lib-edges.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest/forest-lib-linguistics.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/forest/forest.sty

References

Summary

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