How To Install texlive-starfont on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-starfont in Fedora 36. texlive-starfont is The StarFont Sans astrological font

Introduction

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

What is texlive-starfont

The package contains StarFontSans and StarFontSerif, two public- domain astrological fonts designed by Anthony I.P. Owen, and the appropriate macros to use them with TeX and LaTeX. The fonts are supplied both in the original TrueType Format and in Adobe Type 1 format.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-starfont

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-starfont

How To Uninstall texlive-starfont on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-starfont

texlive-starfont Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-starfont
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-starfont/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/starfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/starfont/starfont.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/starfont/strfnser.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/starfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/starfont/starfont.map
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/starfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/starfont/fstr8x.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/starfont/fsts8x.tfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/starfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/starfont/starfont.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/starfont/strfnser.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/starfont
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/starfont/starfont.sty

References

Summary

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