How To Install texlive-lineara on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lineara in Fedora 36. texlive-lineara is Linear A script fonts

Introduction

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

What is texlive-lineara

The linearA package provides a simple interface to two fonts which include all known symbols, simple and complex, of the Linear A script. This way one can easily replicate Linear A “texts” using modern typographic technology. Note that the Linear A script has not been deciphered yet and probably never will be deciphered.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-lineara

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-lineara

How To Uninstall texlive-lineara on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-lineara

texlive-lineara Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-lineara
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-lineara/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/linearA
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/linearA/LinearA.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/linearA/LinearACmplxSigns.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/linearA
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/linearA/linearA.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/linearA
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/linearA/LinearA.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/linearA/LinearACmplxSigns.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/linearA
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/linearA/LinearA.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/linearA/LinearACmplxSigns.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/linearA
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/linearA/linearA.sty

References

Summary

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