How To Install texlive-pdfslide on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pdfslide in Fedora 36. texlive-pdfslide is Presentation slides using pdftex

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pdfslide

This is a package for use with pdftex, to make nice presentation slides. Its aims are easier technical presentation; to help the mix of mathematical formulae with text and graphics which other present day document processing tools fail to accomplish; to exploit the platform independence of TeX so that presentation documents become portable; and to offer the freedom and possibilities of using various backgrounds and other embellishments that a user can imagine to have in as presentation. The package can make use of the facilities of the PPower4 post-processor.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pdfslide

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-pdfslide

How To Uninstall texlive-pdfslide on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pdfslide

texlive-pdfslide Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pdfslide
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pdfslide/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/bg.jpg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/d12.jpg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/metablue.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/metagray.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/metagreen.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/metalgray.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/pdfslide.cfg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/pdfslide.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfslide/slide.clo

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Summary

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