How To Install texlive-latexdiff on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-latexdiff on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-latexdiff
Latexdiff is a Perl script for visual mark up and revision of significant differences between two LaTeX files. Various options are available for visual markup using standard LaTeX packages such as color. Changes not directly affecting visible text, for example in formatting commands, are still marked in the LaTeX source. A rudimentary revision facilility is provided by another Perl script, latexrevise, which accepts or rejects all changes. Manual editing of the difference file can be used to override this default behaviour and accept or reject selected changes only.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-latexdiff on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-latexdiff.
Install texlive-latexdiff 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-latexdiff using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-latexdiff
Install texlive-latexdiff 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-latexdiff using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-latexdiff
How To Uninstall texlive-latexdiff on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-latexdiff package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-latexdiff
texlive-latexdiff Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/latexdiff
/usr/bin/latexdiff-vc
/usr/bin/latexrevise
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-latexdiff
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-latexdiff/gpl3.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/latexdiff-vc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/latexdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/latexrevise.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/Makefile
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/contrib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/contrib/README.latexchanges
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/contrib/latexchanges.py
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/contrib/latexdiff-wrap
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/contrib/latexdiff.spec
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/doc
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/doc/example-diff.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/doc/latexdiff-man.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/doc/latexdiff-man.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/example
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/example/example-draft.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/example/example-rev.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/latexdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexdiff/latexdiff-fast
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/latexdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/latexdiff/latexdiff-vc.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/latexdiff/latexdiff.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/latexdiff/latexrevise.pl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-latexdiff on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
