How To Install texlive-mailing on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mailing in Fedora 36. texlive-mailing is Macros for mail merging

Introduction

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

What is texlive-mailing

This package is for use when sending a large number of letters, all with the same body text. The package’s \addressfile command is used to specify who the letter is to be sent to; the body of the \mailingtext command specifies the text of the letters, possibly using macros defined in the \addressfile.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mailing

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-mailing

How To Uninstall texlive-mailing on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-mailing

texlive-mailing Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mailing
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mailing/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mailing
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mailing/mailing.sty

References

Summary

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