How To Install texlive-mweights on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-mweights in Fedora 36. texlive-mweights is Support for multiple-weight font packages

Introduction

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

What is texlive-mweights

Many font families available for use with LaTeX are available at multiple weights. Many Type 1-oriented support packages for such fonts re-define the standard \mddefault or \bfdefault macros. This can create difficulties if the weight desired for one font family isn’t available for another font family, or if it differs from the weight desired for another font family. The package provides a solution to these difficulties.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-mweights

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-mweights

How To Uninstall texlive-mweights on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-mweights

texlive-mweights Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mweights
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-mweights/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mweights
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mweights/mweights.sty

References

Summary

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