How To Install texlive-ps2pk on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ps2pk in Fedora 36. texlive-ps2pk is Generate a PK font from an Adobe Type 1 font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ps2pk on Fedora 36.

What is texlive-ps2pk

Generates a PK file from an Adobe Type 1 font. PK fonts are (or used to be) valuable in enabling previewers to view documents generated that use Type 1 fonts. The program makes use of code donated to the X consortium by IBM.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-ps2pk on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-ps2pk.

Install texlive-ps2pk 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-ps2pk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ps2pk

Install texlive-ps2pk 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-ps2pk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-ps2pk

How To Uninstall texlive-ps2pk on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the texlive-ps2pk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-ps2pk

texlive-ps2pk Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mag
/usr/bin/pfb2pfa
/usr/bin/pk2bm
/usr/bin/ps2pk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/fb234f5cfdccd1273fe6ec51cbd73e63381660
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/7638ee15f0caea6c0122060b1ed3500521c5f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/348fab067c799ec23993cc5279c1f3c1de11df
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/4860f4d37610c44e562cfc3b7df294cb271585
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ps2pk
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ps2pk/other-free.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pfb2pfa.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pk2bm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2pk.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ps2pk on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).