How To Install texlive-tikz-bbox on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-tikz-bbox in Fedora 36. texlive-tikz-bbox is Precise determination of bounding boxes in TikZ

Introduction

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

What is texlive-tikz-bbox

The built-in determination of the bounding box in TikZ is not entirely accurate. This is because, for Bezier curves, it is the smallest box that contains all control points, which is in general larger than the box that just contains the curve. This library determines the exact bounding box of the curve.

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

Install texlive-tikz-bbox 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-tikz-bbox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-tikz-bbox

Install texlive-tikz-bbox 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-tikz-bbox using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-tikz-bbox

How To Uninstall texlive-tikz-bbox on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-tikz-bbox

texlive-tikz-bbox Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-tikz-bbox
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-tikz-bbox/lppl1.3c.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tikz-bbox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tikz-bbox/README.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tikz-bbox/pgfmanual-en-library-bbox.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tikz-bbox/pgfmanual4bbox.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tikz-bbox/pgfmanual4bbox.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tikz-bbox
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tikz-bbox/pgflibrarybbox.code.tex

References

Summary

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