How To Install texlive-savesym on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-savesym on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-savesym
There are a number of symbols (e.g., \Square) that are defined by several packages. In order to typeset all the variants in a document, we have to give the glyph a unique name. To do that, we define \savesymbol{XXX}, which renames a symbol from \XXX to \origXXX, and \restoresymbols{yyy}{XXX}, which renames \origXXX back to \XXX and defines a new command, \yyyXXX, which corresponds to the most recently loaded version of \XXX.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-savesym on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-savesym.
Install texlive-savesym 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-savesym using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-savesym
Install texlive-savesym 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-savesym using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-savesym
How To Uninstall texlive-savesym on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-savesym package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-savesym
texlive-savesym Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-savesym
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-savesym/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/savesym
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/savesym/savesym.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-savesym on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
