How To Install texlive-ifptex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ifptex in Fedora 36. texlive-ifptex is Check if the engine is pTeX or one of its derivatives

Introduction

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

What is texlive-ifptex

The ifptex package is a counterpart of ifxetex, ifluatex, etc. for the ptex engine. The ifuptex package is an alias to ifptex provided for backward compatibility.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ifptex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-ifptex

How To Uninstall texlive-ifptex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-ifptex

texlive-ifptex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/ifptex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/ifptex/LICENSE
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/ifptex/README-ja.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/ifptex/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifptex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifptex/ifptex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifptex/ifuptex.sty

References

Summary

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