How To Install texlive-probsoln on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-probsoln in Fedora 36. texlive-probsoln is Generate problem sheets and their solution sheets

Introduction

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

What is texlive-probsoln

The package is designed for lecturers who have to generate new problem sheets for their students on a regular basis (e.g. yearly) by randomly selecting a specified number of problems defined in another file. The package allows you easily to generate a new problem sheet that is different from the previous year, thus alleviating the temptation of students to seek out the previous year’s students and checking out their answers. The solutions to the problems can be defined along with the problem, making it easy to generate the solution sheet from the same source code; problems may be reused within a document, so that solutions may appear in a different section of the same document as the problems they cover.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-probsoln

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-probsoln

How To Uninstall texlive-probsoln on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-probsoln

texlive-probsoln Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-probsoln
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-probsoln/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/probsoln
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/probsoln/probsoln.sty

References

Summary

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