How To Install texlive-xits on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xits in Fedora 36. texlive-xits is A Scientific Times-like font with support for mathematical typesetting

Introduction

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

What is `texlive-xits`

XITS is a Times-like font for scientific typesetting with proper mathematical support for modern, Unicode and OpenType capable TeX engines, namely LuaTeX and XeTeX. For use with LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, support is available from the fontspec and unicode-math packages.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xits

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xits

How To Uninstall texlive-xits on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xits

texlive-xits Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/appdata/xits.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fonts/xits
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xits
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xits/ofl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits/XITS-Bold.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits/XITS-BoldItalic.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits/XITS-Italic.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits/XITS-Regular.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits/XITSMath-Bold.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/xits/XITSMath-Regular.otf

References

texlive-xits website

Summary

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