How To Install texlive-hobby on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-hobby in Fedora 36. texlive-hobby is An implementation of Hobby’s algorithm for PGF/TikZ

Introduction

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

What is texlive-hobby

This package defines a path generation function for PGF/TikZ which implements Hobby’s algorithm for a path built out of Bezier curves which passes through a given set of points. The path thus generated may by used as a TikZ ’to path’. The implementation is in LaTeX3.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-hobby

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-hobby

How To Uninstall texlive-hobby on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-hobby

texlive-hobby Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-hobby
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-hobby/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hobby
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hobby/hobby.code.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hobby/pgflibraryhobby.code.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hobby/pml3array.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hobby/tikzlibraryhobby.code.tex

References

Summary

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