How To Install texlive-mkpic on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mkpic on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-mkpic
mkpic provides an easy interface for making small pictures with mfpic. To this end you create an input file consisting of commands, one per line, with space separated parameters (or you modify the DATA section of the mkpic script, which is used if you run it without an input file). For an extensive description see the file mkpicdoc.pdf, which is part of the distribution.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-mkpic on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-mkpic.
Install texlive-mkpic 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-mkpic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-mkpic
Install texlive-mkpic 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-mkpic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-mkpic
How To Uninstall texlive-mkpic on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-mkpic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-mkpic
texlive-mkpic Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/mkpic
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mkpic
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mkpic/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mkpic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mkpic/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mkpic/mkpic.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mkpic/mkpicdoc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/mkpic/mkpicdoc.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/mkpic
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/mkpic/mkpic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mkpic on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
