How To Install texlive-postcards on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-postcards in Fedora 36. texlive-postcards is Facilitates mass-mailing of postcards (junkmail)

Introduction

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

What is texlive-postcards

A modification of the standard LaTeX letter class which prints multiple, pre-stamped, 5.5" by 3.5" postcards (a US standard size) via the envlab and mailing packages. An address database is employed to address the front side of each postcard and a message is printed on the back side of all. An illustrative example is provided.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-postcards

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-postcards

How To Uninstall texlive-postcards on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-postcards

texlive-postcards Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-postcards
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-postcards/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/postcards
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/postcards/postcards.cls

References

Summary

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