How To Install texlive-git-latexdiff on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-git-latexdiff in Fedora 36. texlive-git-latexdiff is Call latexdiff on two Git revisions of a file

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-git-latexdiff`

git-latexdiff is a tool to graphically visualize differences between different versions of a LaTeX file. Technically, it is a wrapper around git and latexdiff.

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

Install texlive-git-latexdiff 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-git-latexdiff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-git-latexdiff

Install texlive-git-latexdiff 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-git-latexdiff using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-git-latexdiff

How To Uninstall texlive-git-latexdiff on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-git-latexdiff

texlive-git-latexdiff Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/git-latexdiff
/usr/share/man/man1/git-latexdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/git-latexdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/git-latexdiff/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/git-latexdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/git-latexdiff/git-latexdiff

References

texlive-git-latexdiff website

Summary

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