How To Install texlive-mkjobtexmf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mkjobtexmf in Fedora 36. texlive-mkjobtexmf is Generate a texmf tree for a particular job

Introduction

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

What is texlive-mkjobtexmf

The package provides a Perl script, which runs a program and tries to find the names of file used. Two methods are available, option -recorder of (Web2C) TeX and the program strace. Then it generates a directory with a texmf tree. It checks the found files and tries sort them in this texmf tree. The script may be used for archiving purposes or to speed up later TeX runs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mkjobtexmf

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-mkjobtexmf

How To Uninstall texlive-mkjobtexmf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-mkjobtexmf

texlive-mkjobtexmf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mkjobtexmf
/usr/share/man/man1/mkjobtexmf.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/clean-case.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/mkjobtexmf.html
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/mkjobtexmf.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/mkjobtexmf.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/mkjobtexmf.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/mkjobtexmf/version.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/mkjobtexmf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/mkjobtexmf/mkjobtexmf.pl

References

Summary

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