How To Install texlive-texdiff on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texdiff in Fedora 36. texlive-texdiff is Compares two (La)TeX documents to create a merged version showing changes

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-texdiff`

Texdiff compares two (La)TeX documents to create a merged version showing changes, similar to that of ‘Change Tracking’ in some word processors.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-texdiff

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-texdiff

How To Uninstall texlive-texdiff on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-texdiff

texlive-texdiff Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/texdiff
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texdiff
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texdiff/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/texdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdiff/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texdiff
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texdiff/texdiff

References

texlive-texdiff website

Summary

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