How To Install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8. texlive-fpl is SC and OsF fonts for URW Palladio L

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `texlive-fpl`

The FPL Fonts provide a set of SC/OsF fonts for URW Palladio L which are compatible with respect to metrics with the Palatino SC/OsF fonts from Adobe. Note that it is not my aim to exactly reproduce the outlines of the original Adobe fonts. The SC and OsF in the FPL Fonts were designed with the glyphs from URW Palladio L as starting point. For some glyphs (e.g. ‘o’) I got the best result by scaling and boldening. For others (e.g. ‘h’) shifting selected portions of the character gave more satisfying results. All this was done using the free font editor FontForge. The kerning data in these fonts comes from Walter Schmidt’s improved Palatino metrics. LaTeX use is enabled by the mathpazo package, which is part of the psnfss distribution.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-fpl.

Install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-fpl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-fpl

Install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-fpl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-fpl

How To Uninstall texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove texlive-fpl

texlive-fpl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fpl
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-fpl/gpl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fpl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fpl/COPYING
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/fpl/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/fplbij8a.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/fplbj8a.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/fplrc8a.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/fplrij8a.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/pplb9d-kern.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/pplbi9d-kern.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/pplrc9d-kern.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/fpl/pplri9d-kern.afm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplbij8a.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplbij8a.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplbj8a.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplbj8a.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplrc8a.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplrc8a.pfm
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplrij8a.pfb
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/fpl/fplrij8a.pfm

References

texlive-fpl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fpl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.