How To Install texlive-platex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-platex in Fedora 36. texlive-platex is pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for pTeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-platex

The bundle provides pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for pTeX and e-pTeX. This is a community edition forked from the original ASCII edition (ptex-texmf-2.5).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-platex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-platex

How To Uninstall texlive-platex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-platex

texlive-platex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-platex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-platex/bsd.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/platex.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/exppl2e.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jarticle.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jarticle.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jbk10.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jbk11.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jbk12.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jbook.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jbook.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jltxdoc.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jreport.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jreport.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jsize10.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jsize11.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jsize12.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jt1gt.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jt1mc.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jy1gt.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jy1mc.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/kinsoku.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/oldpfont.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/pfltrace.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/pl209.def
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/platex.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/platexrelease.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/plcore.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/pldefs.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/plexpl3.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/plexpl3.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/plext.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/plnews.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/ptrace.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tarticle.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tarticle.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tbk10.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tbk11.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tbk12.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tbook.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tbook.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/treport.cls
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/treport.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tsize10.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tsize11.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/tsize12.clo
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/config
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/platex/config/platex.ini

References

Summary

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