How To Install texlive-luamplib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luamplib in Fedora 36. texlive-luamplib is Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter

Introduction

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

What is texlive-luamplib

The package enables the user to specify MetaPost diagrams (which may include colour specifications from the color or xcolor packages) into a document, using LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost library. The facility is only available in PDF mode.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-luamplib

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-luamplib

How To Uninstall texlive-luamplib on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-luamplib

texlive-luamplib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luamplib
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-luamplib/gpl2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luamplib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luamplib/luamplib.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luamplib/luamplib.sty

References

Summary

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