How To Install texlive-skak on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-skak in Fedora 36. texlive-skak is Fonts and macros for typesetting chess games

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-skak`

This package provides macros and fonts in Metafont format which can be used to typeset chess games using PGN, and to show diagrams of the current board in a document. The package builds on work by Piet Tutelaers – the main novelty is the use of PGN for input instead of the more cumbersome coordinate notation (g1f3 becomes the more readable Nf3 in PGN). An Adobe Type 1 implementation of skak’s fonts is available as package skaknew; an alternative chess notational scheme is available in package texmate, and a general mechanism for selecting chess fonts is provided in chessfss.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-skak

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-skak

How To Uninstall texlive-skak on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-skak

texlive-skak Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-skak
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-skak/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skak10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skak15.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skak20.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skak30.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skakbase.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skakbrikker.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skakf10.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skakf10b.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/skak/skakinf.mf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak/skak10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak/skak15.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak/skak20.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak/skak30.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak/skakf10.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/skak/skakf10b.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/skak
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/skak/skak.fd
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/skak/skak.sty

References

texlive-skak website

Summary

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