How to Install Texmaker on Fedora Linux

LaTeX on Fedora is easier to manage when the editor and the toolchain stay separate. Texmaker gives you syntax highlighting, PDF preview, forward and inverse search, and project management, while Fedora packages handle the TeX Live compiler stack underneath. That makes it straightforward to install Texmaker on Fedora with either DNF or Flathub, depending on whether you want native packaging or Flatpak isolation.

Texmaker installs cleanly on Fedora Workstation, and the package can also be installed from SSH or on Server and minimal images, but the application still needs an active graphical session to open. Texmaker also does not bundle the LaTeX compiler stack, so if you need to install LaTeX on Fedora you still need TeX Live packages such as texlive-scheme-basic or texlive-scheme-full.

Install Texmaker on Fedora

Two installation paths are available on Fedora. The DNF package is smaller and follows normal system updates. The Flathub build adds sandboxing, but the first download is much larger because it pulls the KDE runtime and a TeX Live Flatpak extension.

Method	Source	Best for	Key command
DNF package	Fedora repositories	Smaller downloads and standard Fedora package management	sudo dnf install texmaker -y
Flatpak	Flathub	Sandboxing and keeping the app outside the RPM database	sudo flatpak install flathub net.xm1math.Texmaker -y

Install Texmaker from Fedora repositories

The Fedora package is the fastest path when you want Texmaker managed with the rest of your system updates.

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

These commands use sudo for tasks that need root privileges. If your account is not in the sudoers file yet, follow the guide to add a user to sudoers on Fedora before continuing.

Install the package with DNF. The -y flag confirms the transaction automatically, so the command does not stop for another prompt.

sudo dnf install texmaker -y

Installed:
  texmaker-1:6.0.1-3.fc43.x86_64

Confirm that the RPM is present and that Texmaker can report its version without opening the graphical interface.

rpm -q texmaker && texmaker --version

texmaker-6.0.1-3.fc43.x86_64
6.0.1 (compiled with Qt 6.10.0)

Texmaker is only the editor. To install LaTeX on Fedora, add TeX Live separately: texlive-scheme-basic covers standard documents, while texlive-scheme-full installs the full Fedora TeX Live set and pulls in latexmk through texlive-collection-binextra.

Install Texmaker from Flathub

Use the Flatpak build when you want sandboxing or you prefer to keep Texmaker outside DNF. Fedora Workstation includes Flatpak, but Flathub is still opt-in on a clean Fedora install.

Check the currently configured remotes first. If the output already shows flathub, you can skip the next command.

flatpak remotes

fedora  system,oci

Add Flathub at system scope so the install, update, and removal commands all use the same remote and permission model.

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Verify that both the Fedora remote and Flathub are available before installing Texmaker.

flatpak remotes

fedora   system,oci
flathub  system

Install Texmaker from Flathub next. The first download is much larger than the DNF package because Flatpak also pulls the KDE runtime and a TeX Live extension.

sudo flatpak install flathub net.xm1math.Texmaker -y

Required runtime for net.xm1math.Texmaker/x86_64/stable found in remote flathub

1. org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.texlive  25.08  flathub  < 2.5 GB
2. org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita                 6.10   flathub  < 8.6 MB
3. org.kde.Platform.Locale               6.10   flathub  < 400.5 MB
4. org.kde.Platform                      6.10   flathub  < 386.9 MB
5. net.xm1math.Texmaker                  stable flathub  < 189.0 MB

Check the installed Flatpak metadata after the download finishes so you can confirm the app ID, version, runtime, and installation scope.

flatpak info net.xm1math.Texmaker | grep -E '^(ID|Version|Installation|Runtime)'

ID: net.xm1math.Texmaker
Version: 6.0.1
Installation: system
Runtime: org.kde.Platform/x86_64/6.10

Launch Texmaker on Fedora

After installation, launch Texmaker with the command that matches your package source, or open it from the desktop menu in Fedora GNOME.

Launch Texmaker from the terminal

The RPM package installs the texmaker command directly on your PATH.

texmaker

If you used the Flathub build, start the sandboxed application with its Flatpak app ID instead.

flatpak run net.xm1math.Texmaker

Open Texmaker from Activities

In Fedora GNOME, open Activities and search for Texmaker, then launch the desktop entry from the results.

Update or remove Texmaker on Fedora

Use the update and removal command that matches the way you installed Texmaker.

Update Texmaker on Fedora

Update the DNF package

Refresh the package metadata and upgrade just the Texmaker RPM.

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh texmaker -y

Package               Arch   Version            Repository  Size
Upgrading:
 texmaker             x86_64 1:6.0.1-3.fc43    updates     10.3 MB

Update the Flatpak build

Update the system-scoped Flatpak with sudo so the command matches the way Flathub was added earlier.

sudo flatpak update net.xm1math.Texmaker -y

Looking for updates...
Nothing to do.

Remove Texmaker from Fedora

Remove the DNF package

Remove the RPM when you no longer need the Fedora package.

sudo dnf remove texmaker -y

Fedora removes unused dependencies during dnf remove by default, so you do not need a separate dnf autoremove step here.

Verify that the RPM is gone after the transaction completes.

rpm -q texmaker

package texmaker is not installed

Remove the Flatpak build

Use Flatpak’s delete-data option when you want to remove the app and any sandbox data it created for your user profile.

This command permanently removes the Flatpak package and its Texmaker data. Export any custom templates or project-specific settings first if you want to keep them.

sudo flatpak uninstall --delete-data net.xm1math.Texmaker -y

Confirm that the Flatpak app list no longer contains Texmaker.

flatpak list --app | grep -F net.xm1math.Texmaker || echo 'Texmaker Flatpak not installed'

Texmaker Flatpak not installed

Troubleshoot Texmaker on Fedora

Fix missing LaTeX tools such as pdflatex or latexmk

If Texmaker reports errors such as pdflatex not found or the spawn latexmk ENOENT message, the editor is installed but the LaTeX backend is still missing.

recipe terminated with fatal error: spawn latexmk enoent
pdflatex not found

Check whether TeX Live and latexmk are already installed.

rpm -q texlive-scheme-basic latexmk

package texlive-scheme-basic is not installed
package latexmk is not installed

Install the smaller TeX Live scheme plus latexmk when you only need standard LaTeX workflows. If you want the full Fedora TeX Live collection instead, replace this with sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-full -y.

sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-basic latexmk -y

Use the which command to confirm both binaries are now on your PATH.

which pdflatex && which latexmk

/usr/bin/pdflatex
/usr/bin/latexmk

Allow the Flatpak Texmaker build to open files outside Documents

The Flathub build does not start with full host filesystem access. By default it can use your Documents folder, but external drives and arbitrary system paths stay outside the sandbox.

Inspect the current Flatpak permissions first so you can see what the app already has.

flatpak info --show-permissions net.xm1math.Texmaker | grep '^filesystems='

filesystems=xdg-documents;xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro;

Add a user-scoped override only if you need broader file access. The --user flag is intentional here because Flatpak stores permission overrides per user, even when the application itself is installed system-wide.

flatpak override --user --filesystem=host net.xm1math.Texmaker

Restart Texmaker after the override, then try opening the project or external drive path that was previously blocked.

Texmaker on Fedora FAQ

Conclusion

Texmaker is ready on Fedora with a package path that matches how you want to manage desktop apps, and the TeX Live notes above cover the compiler pieces the editor still depends on. If you keep LaTeX projects under version control, install Git on Fedora next. For faster system updates, increase DNF speed on Fedora.