How To Install texlive-octavo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-octavo in Fedora 36. texlive-octavo is Typeset books following classical design and layout

Introduction

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

What is texlive-octavo

The octavo class is a modification of the standard LaTeX book class. Its purpose is to typeset books following classical design and layout principles, with the express intention of encouraging the making of beautiful books by anyone with access to a good printer and with an inclination towards venerable crafts, e.g., bookbinding. The octavo class differs from the book class by implementing many of the proposals and insights of respected experts, especially Jan Tschichold and Hugh Williamson. The documentation discusses methods to organise and print out any text into signatures, which can then be gathered, folded and sewn into a book.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-octavo

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-octavo

How To Uninstall texlive-octavo on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-octavo

texlive-octavo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-octavo
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-octavo/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/octavo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/octavo/oct10.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/octavo/oct11.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/octavo/oct12.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/octavo/octavo.cls

References

Summary

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