How To Install texlive-texnegar on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texnegar on Fedora 36.
What is texlive-texnegar
In some cursive scripts such as Persian or Arabic, kashida is used to create justification. In this type of justification characters are elongated rather than expanding spaces between words. The kashida justification in xepersian has many bugs. Also it has problems with some fonts. The xepersian-hm package was the first attempt to fix these bugs in xepersian, which uses the XeTeX engine. This package extends the kashida justification to be used with the LuaTeX engine, too. Explanation of the package name present stem of negaashtan meaning to design, to paint, to write; and as a noun it means “sweetheart, idol, beloved, figuratively referring to a beautiful woman, pattern, painting, and artistic design”.
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-texnegar on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-texnegar.
Install texlive-texnegar 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-texnegar using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-texnegar
Install texlive-texnegar 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-texnegar using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-texnegar
How To Uninstall texlive-texnegar on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the texlive-texnegar package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-texnegar
texlive-texnegar Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texnegar
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texnegar/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/INSTALL.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/README.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/doc-ligature-texnegar.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/doc-ligature-xep.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/doc-samples-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/doc-samples-hrule.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/doc-samples-xep.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-doc.ltx
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-doc.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-glyph.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-leaders-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-leaders-glyph.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-leaders-hrule.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-leaders-hrule.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-bidi-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-bidi-glyph.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-bidi-leaders-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-bidi-leaders-glyph.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-bidi-leaders-hrule.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-bidi-leaders-hrule.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-xepersian-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-xepersian-glyph.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-xepersian-leaders-glyph.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-xepersian-leaders-glyph.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-xepersian-leaders-hrule.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-xepersian-leaders-hrule.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/texnegar.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/xepersian-XB.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/texnegar/xepersian-XB.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-char-table.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-common-kashida.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-ini.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-ini.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex-kashida.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-luatex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex-kashida.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar-xetex.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar.lua
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/texnegar/texnegar.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texnegar on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
