How To Install texlive-xunicode on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-xunicode in Fedora 36. texlive-xunicode is Generate Unicode characters from accented glyphs

Introduction

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

What is texlive-xunicode

The package supports XeTeX’s (and other putative future similar engines’) need for Unicode characters, in a similar way to what the fontenc does for 8-bit (and the like) fonts glyph sequence to a single Unicode character for output. The package also covers glyphs specified by packages (such as tipa) which define many commands for single text glyphs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install texlive-xunicode

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

sudo yum -y install texlive-xunicode

How To Uninstall texlive-xunicode on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-xunicode

texlive-xunicode Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xunicode
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-xunicode/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xunicode
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xunicode/xunicode.sty

References

Summary

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