How To Install texlive-installfont on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-installfont in Fedora 36. texlive-installfont is A bash script for installing a LaTeX font family

Introduction

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

What is texlive-installfont

With this script you can install a LaTeX font family (PostScript Type 1, TrueType and OpenType formats are supported). Font series from light to ultra bold, and (faked) small caps and (faked) slanted shapes are supported, but not expert fonts. The script will rename the fonts automatically (optional) or will otherwise expect the *.afm files and the font files (in PostScript Type1 format) named in the Karl Berry scheme (e.g. 5bbr8a.pfb). After running the script, you should have a working font installation in your local TeX tree.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-installfont

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-installfont

How To Uninstall texlive-installfont on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-installfont

texlive-installfont Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/installfont-tl
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-installfont
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-installfont/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont/LICENSE
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont/installfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont/installfont.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont/installfont.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/installfont/manifest.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/installfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/installfont/installfont-tl

References

Summary

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