How To Install texlive-gnuplottex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gnuplottex in Fedora 36. texlive-gnuplottex is Embed Gnuplot commands in LaTeX documents

Introduction

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

What is texlive-gnuplottex

This package allows you to include Gnuplot graphs in your LaTeX documents. The gnuplot code is extracted from the document and written to .gnuplot files. Then, if shell escape is used, the graph files are automatically processed to graphics or LaTeX code files which will then be included in the document. If shell escape isn’t used, the user will have to manually convert the files by running gnuplot on the extracted .gnuplot files.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-gnuplottex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-gnuplottex

How To Uninstall texlive-gnuplottex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-gnuplottex

texlive-gnuplottex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gnuplottex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gnuplottex/gpl2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/gnuplottex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/gnuplottex/gnuplottex.sty

References

Summary

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