How To Install texlive-lfb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lfb in Fedora 36. texlive-lfb is A Greek font with normal and bold variants

Introduction

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

What is texlive-lfb

This is a Greek font written in Metafont, with inspiration from the Bodoni typefaces in old books. It is stylistically a little more exotic than the standard textbook Greek fonts, particularly in glyphs like the lowercase rho and kappa. It aims for a rather calligraphic feel, but seems to blend well with Computer Modern. There is a ligature scheme which automatically inserts the breathings required for ancient texts, making the input text more readable than in some schemes.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-lfb

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-lfb

How To Uninstall texlive-lfb on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-lfb

texlive-lfb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-lfb
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-lfb/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/accents.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/alpha.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/beta.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/capitals.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/charmap.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/delta.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/epsilon.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/eta.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/gamma.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/iota.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/kappa.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/khi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lambda.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb11.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb12.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb5.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb6.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb7.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfb9.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb11.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb12.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb5.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb6.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb7.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb8.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/lfbb9.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/ligature.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/mu.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/nu.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/omega.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/omikron.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/others.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/phi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/pi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/psi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/rho.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/serifs.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/sigma.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/sigmafin.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/tau.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/theta.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/upsilon.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/xi.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/lfb/zeta.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb11.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb12.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb5.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb6.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb7.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfb9.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb11.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb12.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb5.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb6.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb7.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb8.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/lfb/lfbb9.tfm

References

Summary

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