How To Install texlive-texdef on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texdef in Fedora 36. texlive-texdef is Display the definitions of TeX commands

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-texdef`

The (Perl) script displays the definition of (La)TeX command sequences/macros. Various options allow the selection of the used class and package files and other things which can have influence on the definition (before/after the preamble, inside an environment, …). The script creates a temporary TeX file which is then compiled using (La)TeX to find the ‘\meaning’ of the command sequence. The result is formatted and presented to the user. Length or number command sequences (dimensions, \char…, count registers, …) are recognized and the contained value is also shown (using \the). Special definitions like protected macros are also recognized and the underlying macros are shown as well. The script will show plain TeX definitions by default. LaTeX and ConTeXt are supported, including flavours (pdf(la)tex, lua(la)tex, xe(la)tex, …). The flavour can be selected using an command line option or over the script name

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-texdef

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-texdef

How To Uninstall texlive-texdef on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-texdef

texlive-texdef Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/latexdef
/usr/bin/texdef
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texdef
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texdef/gpl3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdef
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdef/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdef/INSTALL
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdef/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdef/texdef.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texdef
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texdef/texdef.pl

References

texlive-texdef website

Summary

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