How To Install texlive-scale on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-scale in Fedora 36. texlive-scale is Scale document by sqrt(2) or magstep(2)

Introduction

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

What is texlive-scale

A package to scale a document by sqrt(2) (or by \magstep{2}). This is useful if you are preparing a document on, for example, A5 paper and want to print on A4 paper to achieve a better resolution.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-scale

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-scale

How To Uninstall texlive-scale on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-scale

texlive-scale Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-scale
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-scale/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/scale
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/scale/scale.sty

References

Summary

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