How To Install texlive-songbook on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-songbook in Fedora 36. texlive-songbook is Package for typesetting song lyrics and chord books

Introduction

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

What is texlive-songbook

The package provides an all purpose songbook style. Three types of output may be created from a single input file chords" books for the musicians to play from, “words only” songbooks for the congregation to sing from, and overhead transparency masters for congregational use. The package will also print a table of contents, an index sorted by title and first line, and an index sorted by key, or by artist/composer. The package attempts to handle songs in multiple keys, as well as songs in multiple languages.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-songbook

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-songbook

How To Uninstall texlive-songbook on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-songbook

texlive-songbook Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-songbook
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-songbook/lgpl2.1.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/songbook
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/makeindex/songbook/songbook.ist
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/songbook
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/songbook/conditionals.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/songbook/songbook.sty

References

Summary

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