How To Install texlive-splines on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-splines on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-splines
This is a small package of macros for creating cubic spline interpolants in MetaPost or Metafont. Given a list of points the macros can produce a closed or a relaxed spline joining them. Given a list of function values y_j at x_j, the result would define the graph of a cubic spline interpolating function y=f(x), which is either periodic or relaxed.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-splines on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-splines.
Install texlive-splines 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-splines using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-splines
Install texlive-splines 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-splines using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-splines
How To Uninstall texlive-splines on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-splines package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-splines
texlive-splines Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-splines
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-splines/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/splines
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/splines/splines.mp
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/metapost/splines/testsplines.mp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-splines on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
