How To Install texlive-index on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-index in Fedora 36. texlive-index is Extended index for LaTeX including multiple indexes

Introduction

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

What is texlive-index

This is a reimplementation of LaTeX’s indexing macros to provide better support for indexing. For example, it supports multiple indexes in a single document and provides a more robust \index command. It supplies short hand notations for the \index command (^{word}) and a * variation of \index (abbreviated _{word}) that prints the word being indexed, as well as creating an index entry for it.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-index

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-index

How To Uninstall texlive-index on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-index

texlive-index Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index/xagsm.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/index/xplain.bst
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/index
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/index/bibref.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index/autind.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index/bibref.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/index/index.sty

References

Summary

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