How To Install texlive-makerobust on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-makerobust in Fedora 36. texlive-makerobust is Making a macro robust (legacy package)

Introduction

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

What is texlive-makerobust

Heiko Oberdiek’s makerobust package defined a command with name \MakeRobustCommand that could be used to make fragile commands robust. The LaTeX format has, since 2015, included a command \MakeRobust with the same syntax and behaviour. Also by 2019, almost all commands in LaTeX that may be used in a moving argument are already robust. This package is now just a simple one-liner defining the name \MakeRobustCommand as an alias for \MakeRobust. This package should not be used in any new documents.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-makerobust

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-makerobust

How To Uninstall texlive-makerobust on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-makerobust

texlive-makerobust Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-makerobust
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-makerobust/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/makerobust
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/makerobust/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/makerobust/makerobust.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/makerobust/makerobust.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/makerobust
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/makerobust/makerobust.sty

References

Summary

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