How To Install texlive-stringstrings on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-stringstrings in Fedora 36. texlive-stringstrings is String manipulation for cosmetic and programming application

Introduction

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

What is texlive-stringstrings

The package provides a large and sundry set of macros for the manipulation of strings. The macros are developed not merely for cosmetic application (such as changing the case of letters and string substitution), but also for programming applications such as character look-ahead, argument parsing, conditional tests on various string conditions, etc. The macros were designed all to be expandable (note that things such as \uppercase and \lowercase are not expandable), so that the macros may be strung together sequentially and nested (after a fashion) to achieve rather complex manipulations.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-stringstrings

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-stringstrings

How To Uninstall texlive-stringstrings on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-stringstrings

texlive-stringstrings Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-stringstrings
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-stringstrings/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stringstrings
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stringstrings/stringstrings.sty

References

Summary

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