How To Install texlive-yinit-otf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-yinit-otf in Fedora 36. texlive-yinit-otf is OTF conversion of Yannis Haralambous’ Old German decorative initials

Introduction

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

What is texlive-yinit-otf

This package is a conversion of the yinit font into OTF. Original Metafont files for yinit are in the yinit package.

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

Install texlive-yinit-otf 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-yinit-otf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-yinit-otf

Install texlive-yinit-otf 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-yinit-otf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-yinit-otf

How To Uninstall texlive-yinit-otf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-yinit-otf

texlive-yinit-otf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/appdata/yinit-otf.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fonts/yinit-otf
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-yinit-otf
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-yinit-otf/pd.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/yinit-otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/yinit-otf/Yinit.otf

References

Summary

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