How To Install texlive-installfont on Fedora 36
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/).