How To Install texlive-mfpic on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mfpic in Fedora 36. texlive-mfpic is Draw Metafont/post pictures from (La)TeX commands

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-mfpic`

Mfpic is a scheme for producing pictures from (La)TeX commands. Commands \mfpic and \endmfpic (in LaTeX, the mfpic environment) enclose a group in which drawing commands may be placed. The commands generate a Meta-language file, which may be processed by Metapost (or even Metafont). The resulting image file will be read back in to the document to place the picture at the point where the original (La)TeX commands appeared. Note that the ability to use Metapost here means that the package works equally well in LaTeX and PDFLaTeX.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mfpic

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-mfpic

How To Uninstall texlive-mfpic on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-mfpic

texlive-mfpic Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mfpic
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mfpic/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/mfpic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metafont/mfpic/grafbase.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/mfpic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/mfpic/dvipsnam.mp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/mfpic/grafbase.mp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/mfpic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/mfpic/mfpic.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/mfpic/mfpic.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/mfpic/mfpicdef.tex

References

texlive-mfpic website

Summary

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