How To Install texlive-texware on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-texware in Fedora 36. texlive-texware is Utility programs for use with TeX

Introduction

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

What is texlive-texware

Basic utitility programs, comprising a TeX output (DVI) file to a plain text file (see also the DVI Text Language suite); - pooltype, which converts a TeX-suite program’s “pool” (string) file into human-readable form; and - tftopl and pltotf, which convert TeX Font Metric (TFM) file to human readable Property List (PL) files and vice versa.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-texware

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-texware

How To Uninstall texlive-texware on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-texware

texlive-texware Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dvitype
/usr/bin/pooltype
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/b5e74ce281db8db28b60f5cbe93cfdead22cfc
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/f6df0b6c39959cc38c31daddf1b9677c4bc2a4
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texware
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-texware/knuth.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/dvitype.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pooltype.1.gz

References

Summary

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