How To Install texlive-hvfloat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-hvfloat in Fedora 36. texlive-hvfloat is Rotating caption and object of floats independently

Introduction

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

What is texlive-hvfloat

This package defines a macro to place objects (tables and figures) and their captions in different positions with different rotating angles within a float. All objects and captions can be framed. The main command is \hvFloat{float type}{floating object}{caption}{label}; a simple example is \hvFloat{figure}{\includegraphics{rose}}{Caption}{fig Options are provided to place captions to the right or left, and rotated. Setting nonFloat=true results in placing the float here.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-hvfloat

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-hvfloat

How To Uninstall texlive-hvfloat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-hvfloat

texlive-hvfloat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-hvfloat
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-hvfloat/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hvfloat
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hvfloat/hvfloat-fps.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hvfloat/hvfloat.sty

References

Summary

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