How To Install texlive-spelling on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-spelling in Fedora 36. texlive-spelling is Support for spell-checking of LuaTeX documents

Introduction

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

What is texlive-spelling

The package aids spell-checking of TeX documents compiled with the LuaTeX engine. It can give visual feedback in PDF output similar to WYSIWYG word processors. The package relies on an external spell-checker application to check spelling of a text file and to output a list of bad spellings. The package should work with most spell-checkers, even dumb, TeX-unaware ones.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-spelling

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-spelling

How To Uninstall texlive-spelling on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-spelling

texlive-spelling Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-spelling
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-spelling/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling/spelling-main.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling/spelling-recurse.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling/spelling-stage-1.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling/spelling-stage-2.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling/spelling-stage-3.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/spelling/spelling-stage-4.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/spelling
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/spelling/spelling.sty

References

Summary

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