How To Install texlive-splitindex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-splitindex in Fedora 36. texlive-splitindex is Unlimited number of indexes

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-splitindex`

SplitIndex consists of a LaTeX package, splitidx, and a small program, splitindex. The package may be used to produce one index or several indexes. Without splitindex (for example, using the index package), the number of indexes is limited by the number of TeX’s output streams. But using the program you may use even more than 16 indexes single file \jobname.idx and the program splits that file into several raw index files and calls your favorite index processor for each of the files.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-splitindex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-splitindex

How To Uninstall texlive-splitindex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-splitindex

texlive-splitindex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/splitindex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-splitindex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-splitindex/lppl1.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/splitindex.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/splitindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/splitindex/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/splitindex/install.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/splitindex/manifest.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/splitindex/splitidx.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/splitindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/splitindex/splitindex.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/splitindex/splitindex.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/splitindex/splitindex_main.tlu
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/splitindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/splitindex/splitindex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/splitindex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/splitindex/splitidx.sty

References

texlive-splitindex website

Summary

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