How To Install texlive-stricttex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-stricttex in Fedora 36. texlive-stricttex is Strictly balanced brackets and numbers in command names

Introduction

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

What is texlive-stricttex

This is a small, LuaLaTeX-only package providing you with three, sometimes useful features brackets […] “strict”, meaning that each [ must be balanced by a ]. It allows you to use numbers in command names, so that you can do stuff like \newcommand\pi12{\pi_{12}}. It allows you to use numbers and primes in command names, so that you can do stuff like \newcommand\pi'12{\pi ‘_{12}}.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-stricttex

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-stricttex

How To Uninstall texlive-stricttex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-stricttex

texlive-stricttex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-stricttex
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-stricttex/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/stricttex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/stricttex/README.md
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/stricttex/stricttex.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/lualatex/stricttex/stricttex.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/lualatex/stricttex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/lualatex/stricttex/stricttex.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/lualatex/stricttex/stricttex.sty

References

Summary

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