How To Install texlive-opteng on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-opteng in Fedora 36. texlive-opteng is SPIE Optical Engineering and OE Letters manuscript template

Introduction

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

What is texlive-opteng

With this template, and associated style and LaTeX packages, it is possible to estimate the page length of manuscripts for submission to the SPIE journals ‘Optical Engineering’ and ‘Optical Engineering Letters’. With a strict three-page limit, this is particularly important for the latter. The template gives simple instructions on how to prepare the manuscript.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-opteng

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-opteng

How To Uninstall texlive-opteng on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-opteng

texlive-opteng Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

References

Summary

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