How To Install texlive-pkfix on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-pkfix in Fedora 36. texlive-pkfix is Replace pk fonts in PostScript with Type 1 fonts

Introduction

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

What is texlive-pkfix

The perl script pkfix looks for DVIPSBitmapFont comments in PostScript files, generated by ’not too old’ dvips, and replaces them by type 1 versions of the fonts, if possible.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-pkfix

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-pkfix

How To Uninstall texlive-pkfix on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-pkfix

texlive-pkfix Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pkfix
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pkfix
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-pkfix/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/pkfix
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/pkfix/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/pkfix
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/pkfix/pkfix.pl

References

Summary

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