How To Install texlive-metatex on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-metatex on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-metatex
METATeX is a set of plain TeX and Metafont macros that you can use to define both the text and the figures in a single source file. Because METATeX sets up two way communication, from TeX to Metafont and back from Metafont to TeX, drawing dimensions can be controlled by TeX and labels can be located by Metafont. Only standard features of TeX and Metafont are used, but two runs of TeX and one of Metafont are needed.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-metatex on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-metatex.
Install texlive-metatex 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-metatex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-metatex
Install texlive-metatex 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-metatex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-metatex
How To Uninstall texlive-metatex on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-metatex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-metatex
texlive-metatex Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-metatex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-metatex/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/metatex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/metatex/metatex.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-metatex on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
