How To Install texlive-plainpkg on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-plainpkg
on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-plainpkg
The package provides a minimal method for making generic (i.e., TeX-format-independent) packaged, combining maybeload functionality, fallback definitions for LaTeX \ProvidesPackage and \RequirePackage functionality, and handling of arbitrary (multiple) “private letters” (analagous LaTeX packages’ use of “@”) in nested package files. The documentation contains a central reference for making and using generic packages based on the package.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install texlive-plainpkg
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-plainpkg.
Install texlive-plainpkg 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-plainpkg
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-plainpkg
Install texlive-plainpkg 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-plainpkg
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-plainpkg
How To Uninstall texlive-plainpkg on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-plainpkg
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-plainpkg
texlive-plainpkg Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-plainpkg
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-plainpkg/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/plainpkg
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/plainpkg/plainpkg.tex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-plainpkg
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).