How To Install texlive-ptex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ptex in Fedora 36. texlive-ptex is A TeX system for publishing in Japanese

Introduction

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

What is texlive-ptex

PTeX adds features related to vertical writing, and deals with other problems in typesetting Japanese. A set of additions to a TEXMF tree, for use with PTeX, may be found in package PTeX- texmf. PTeX is distributed as WEB change files.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-ptex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-ptex

How To Uninstall texlive-ptex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-ptex

texlive-ptex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/eptex
/usr/bin/makejvf
/usr/bin/mendex
/usr/bin/pbibtex
/usr/bin/pdvitomp
/usr/bin/pdvitype
/usr/bin/platex
/usr/bin/platex-dev
/usr/bin/pmpost
/usr/bin/ppltotf
/usr/bin/ptex
/usr/bin/ptftopl
/usr/bin/r-pmpost
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/7b0c2e71d83fad5ed41b62ceb4be0cf2c6e864
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/eef8f6deeabf278dfd6b1db5faf8408772e079
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/bb1a0d68d4907f86d7a1a146864b232a3caa70
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/de7acbb594307483da5351a619a3f9b7f4aabb
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/70b2cd933757f4ef2ef380165b85daaf990731
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/28711f9547e645dcb0838983a96ce7797f8f8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/64c02034c9e60f336004b13956d77ed262097f
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/22371aa922422c72c2be8dd8c4aba3aa919893
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/f3c7da1863ef0195fd8b6c1037c132b1c25771
/usr/share/man/man1/eptex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/makejvf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mendex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/platex-dev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ppltotf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ptex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ptftopl.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/fmtutil.cnf.d/platex
/usr/share/texlive/fmtutil.cnf.d/ptex

References

Summary

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