How to Install and Uninstall texlive-kdpcover Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: November 08,2024

1. Install "texlive-kdpcover" package

This tutorial shows how to install texlive-kdpcover on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                texlive-kdpcover
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "texlive-kdpcover" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall texlive-kdpcover on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                texlive-kdpcover
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the texlive-kdpcover package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package texlive-kdpcover:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : texlive-kdpcover
Version : 2023.209.0.0.5.1svn65150-56.2
Arch : noarch
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 40.2 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : texlive-specs-m-2023-56.2.src
Upstream URL : https://www.tug.org/texlive/
Summary : Covers for books published by Kindle Direct Publishing
Description :
The problem this class solves is the necessity to change the
size of the cover PDF according to the number of pages in the
book -- the bigger the book, the larger the spine of the book
must be. The provided class makes the necessary calculations
on-the-fly, using the qpdf tool. Obviously, you need to have it
installed. Also, you must run pdflatex with the --shell-escape
option, in order to allow LaTeX to run qpdf.