How To Install texlive-pictex2 on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pictex2 on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-pictex2
Adds two user commands to standard PiCTeX. One command uses relative coordinates, thus eliminating the need to calculate the coordinate of every point manually as in standard PiCTeX. The other command modifies \plot to use a rule instead of dots if the line segment is horizontal or vertical.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-pictex2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-pictex2.
Install texlive-pictex2 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-pictex2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-pictex2
Install texlive-pictex2 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-pictex2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-pictex2
How To Uninstall texlive-pictex2 on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-pictex2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-pictex2
texlive-pictex2 Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pictex2
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pictex2/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pictex2
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pictex2/pictex2.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pictex2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).