How To Install texlive-pbalance on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pbalance in Fedora 36. texlive-pbalance is Balance last page in two-column mode

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pbalance

This package balances the columns on the last page of a two-column document. If the page is “simple” (no footnotes, floats, or marginpars), is uses the balance package; otherwise, it uses \enlargethispage to make the left column shorter, balancing the columns.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pbalance

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-pbalance

How To Uninstall texlive-pbalance on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pbalance

texlive-pbalance Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pbalance
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pbalance/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pbalance
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pbalance/LICENSE
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pbalance/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pbalance/pbalance.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pbalance
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pbalance/pbalance.sty

References

Summary

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