How To Install texlive-outerhbox on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-outerhbox in Fedora 36. texlive-outerhbox is Collect horizontal material for contributing to a paragraph

Introduction

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

What is texlive-outerhbox

The package provides the \outerhbox command, which is similar to \hbox, except that material is set in outer horizontal mode. This prevents TeX from optimising away maths penalties and the like, that are needed when the material is \unhbox’ed.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-outerhbox

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-outerhbox

How To Uninstall texlive-outerhbox on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-outerhbox

texlive-outerhbox Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-outerhbox
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-outerhbox/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/outerhbox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/outerhbox/outerhbox.sty

References

Summary

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