How To Install texlive-gobble on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-gobble in Fedora 36. texlive-gobble is More gobble macros for PlainTeX and LaTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-gobble

The LaTeX package gobble includes several gobble macros not included in the LaTeX kernel. These macros remove a number of arguments after them, a feature regulary used inside other macros. This includes gobble macros for optional arguments. The LaTeX package gobble-user provides these macros at the user level, i.e. using names without @ so that these can be used without \makeatletter and \makeatother. The same macros are provided inside .tex files for use with plain-TeX or other TeX formats. However, the gobble macros for optional macros require @ifnextchar to be defined.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-gobble

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-gobble

How To Uninstall texlive-gobble on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-gobble

texlive-gobble Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gobble
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-gobble/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/gobble
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/gobble/gobble-user.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/gobble/gobble.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/gobble/gobble.tex

References

Summary

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