How To Install texlive-showdim on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-showdim in Fedora 36. texlive-showdim is Variants on printing dimensions

Introduction

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

What is texlive-showdim

A package for LaTeX providing a number of commands for printing the value of a TeX dimension. For example, \tenthpt{\baselineskip} yields the current value of \baselineskip rounded to the nearest tenth of a point.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-showdim

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-showdim

How To Uninstall texlive-showdim on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-showdim

texlive-showdim Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

References

Summary

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