How To Install texlive-ocgx2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ocgx2 in Fedora 36. texlive-ocgx2 is Drop-in replacement for the ‘ocgx’ package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ocgx2 on Fedora 36.

What is texlive-ocgx2

This package serves as a drop-in replacement for the packages ocgx by Paul Gaborit and ocg-p by Werner Moshammer for the creation of PDF Layers. It re-implements the functionality of the ocg, ocgx, and ocg-p packages and adds support for all known engines and back-ends including ps2pdf/Distiller (Xe)LaTeX(x) - dvipdfmx pdfLaTeX and LuaLaTeX . It also ensures compatibility with the media9 and animate packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-ocgx2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-ocgx2.

Install texlive-ocgx2 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-ocgx2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ocgx2

Install texlive-ocgx2 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-ocgx2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-ocgx2

How To Uninstall texlive-ocgx2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the texlive-ocgx2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-ocgx2

texlive-ocgx2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ocgx2
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ocgx2/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ocgx2
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ocgx2/fixocgx.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ocgx2/ocgbase.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ocgx2/ocgx2.sty

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ocgx2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).