< {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation]] | [[ConTeXt Minimals/Structure]] | [[install the newer ConTeXt Minimals/ImplementationLMTX]] >. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}}
The '''Minimals''' are an attempt to provide the same functionality as the current [http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm Pragma's minimal ConTeXt distributions] in the zip files.
They are hosted on http://minimals.contextgarden.net (equivalent to The '''rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/ConTeXt suite''')is a complete, up-to-date ConTeXt distribution that can be upgraded efficiently. It can also be used in parallel with existing TeX installations such as MikTeX, TeXLive, and so forth. The suite does not include LaTeX packages and binaries.
Everyone is invited Sometimes ConTeXt beta releases have issues. The ConTeXt suite allows you to test this distributionthe latest ConTeXt release without worrying whether upgrading will corrupt a critical project. Multiple ConTeXt suite installations are possible. This allows, but is kindly asked for patience example, a stable version and understanding until we tidy up the details. You need a beta version to have '''rsync''' installed, for windows it's shipped together with run in parallel on the minimalssame computer.
= Quick Start =ConTeXt is also included in TeXlive. The ConTeXt suite is updated continuously, whereas ConTeXt in TeXlive is updated less often. In particular, <code>luatex</code> and <code>metapost</code> are under active development and their binaries are updated frequently. ConTeXt follows these developments, indeed often drives development. As the binaries included in the TeXlive distribution are only updated yearly, ConTeXt on TeXlive will necessarily be less current than the ConTeXt suite. The ConTeXt suite is self-contained and can happily coexist alongside another installed TeX distribution.
{{TOClimit|limit== Linux/Mac/FreeBSD ==1}}
mkdir context && cd context rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . ./first-setup.sh''... go and have a coffee ...''= General Information =
and then put something equivalent (depending on where you have placed ConTeXt) of source ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/texto <code>~/.bash_profile</code> or do this each time when you want to initialize the environment to run the minimals: cd ~/context/tex . setuptexor . ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/texThis will enable you to use both TeX Live and ConTeXt minimals without interferring with each other.== Supported platforms ==
{| style="border:1px solid #DDDDDD;"|- align="left" ! Platform! Short name! Notes|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Windows| mswin| from [http://w32tex.org W32TeX]|- align="left"! Windows/CygWin| cygwin| same binaries as mswin|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Windows, 32 bit| win32| Alias for mswin|- align="left"! Windows, 64 bit| win64| |- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Linux, 32-bit| linux| Debian 8|- align="left"! Linux, 64-bit| linux-64| Debian 8|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Linux, ARM (low end.)| linux-arm| Raspbian 8|- align="left"! Linux, musl| linuxmusl-64| Alpine|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Mac newbie installation and configurationOS X, Intel (64-bit)| osx-64| Mac OS X 10.6|- align="left"! FreeBSD, 32-bit| freebsd||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! FreeBSD, 64-bit| freebsd-amd64||- align="left"! OpenBSD 6.4, 32-bit| openbsd6.4||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! OpenBSD 6.4, 64-bit| openbsd6.4-amd64||- align="left"! OpenBSD 6.5, 32-bit| openbsd6.5||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! OpenBSD 6.5, 64-bit| openbsd6.5-amd64||- align="left"! Solaris, Intel| solaris-intel| Solaris 10 on [http://www.opencsw.org/about/ OpenCSW]|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Solaris, Sparc| solaris-sparc| Solaris 10 on [http://www.opencsw.org/about/ OpenCSW]|}
The following assumes that * If you want to use ConTeXt and you are a not inside unix world (otherwiserun into problems installing, see before). It guides you to install ConTeXt minimal installation under Mac check the available architectures in the typical Applications folder. Then it gives you some informationabout how to configure minimal’s [http://smultronminimals.sourceforgecontextgarden.net/ Smultronsetup/ setup folder] to work as an editor for working with ConTeXt!* OpenBSD 6.Smultron is a mac-only, open source text editor which is very easy to use and at 4 binaries are compiled but are missing in the same time powerful setup folder ATM (see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smultron]2019-07).
If you want to support a new platform, please write to the [[Mailing Lists]]
===ConTeXt installation=Dependencies ==* Rsync (The windows binary of rsync is distributed within the suite)
1. Create a folder inside your Applications folder and name it "ConTeXtMinimals"
2The following programs are not required for running ConTeXt, but their installation adds additional functionality. Open a Terminal window (i.e. go under Utilities and open the Terminal app: a little window pops up)
3. type this* curl : for including remote content<code>* ghostscript : for converting PostScript images to PDFcd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/* graphicsmagick (convert) : for converting GIF and TIFF images</code>* inkscape : for converting SVG and compressed SVG* mupdf (mudraw) : for converting PDF to PNG (used for ePub covers)* pstoedit : for converting PostScript to MetaPost outlines* zint : for providing barcodesit means "change directory"* zip or 7zip : now we are working under the folder we have createdfor EPUB generation
4== Disc space required ==ConTeXt macro files are small (less than 10MB), but the suite comes with various free fonts which considerably increase the size of the distribution (to around 200MB). type == Multiple instances of the installation ==Please note from the start that we recommend installing a complete ConTeXt installation for each project in a production environment. The installation tree is portable (see Moving the Installation Around, below) and can be located under the project's own directory. The advantage is to allow each project to use an instance of ConTeXt that is adapted to its coding and that only gets updated purposely. Since the ConTeXt Standalone is "bleeding edge" and subject to development, certain details in commands, syntax or rendering may evolve slightly. Having a vintage ConTeXt tree for each production project insures that one can come back years later and produce identical results. So as not to get carried away under thisapproach, one can eventually group projects by vintage, period or season, according to cycles of productivity. == Standalone == * [[ConTeXt Standalone/FAQ|Standalone/FAQ]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/Structure|Standalone/Structure]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/Implementation|Standalone/Implementation]]* [[ConTeXt Standalone/TODO|Standalone/TODO]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/Contents|Standalone/Contents]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/TeX Live|Standalone/TeX Live]]* Browse the [http://minimals.contextgarden.net installation tree] = Unix-like platforms (Linux/MacOS X/FreeBSD/Solaris) = === (MacOS X) Using the Command line: Terminal.app === If you do not what a command tool is, do not worry. It is simply a program in which commands are entered as text and then executed. The needed Terminal.app can be found in the Utilities-folder of the Applications-Folder. Once you have started Terminal, all you have to do is enter a command and press the RETURN-key and the command will be executed. == Single user installation == Select a folder where you want to install ConTeXt. We recommend that you can use your <code>$HOME/context</code>directory. Create this folder. Then download and place it in <code>$HOME/context</code> directory. Open a terminal, then ... execute (Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris): {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}} <pre> mkdir ~/context cd ~/context wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh</pre> or (MacOS):<pre> mkdir ~/context cd ~/context rsync -ptv av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .</codepre>Since the Mac does not have `wget` pre-installed. Now run the `first-setup.sh` script:<pre> # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go have a coffee # Flags you can add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all</pre> == System-wide installation == A system wide installation is '''only''' recommended for experienced users. You will need administrator rights on the Mac as only administrators are allowed to install programs in the Applications folder, or root (sudo) privileges on other unix-like systems.
we have called rsync, a program which goes * on the contexgarden site (--Linux you can use <code> /opt/context</code>* on MacOS X you must be connected to internet) and download all the necessary files for uscan use <code>/Applications/ConTeXt</code>
Now (wellNote that, at present, after a while''using'' MkIV, you need to have write permissions for the <code>$TEXMFCACHE</code> directory...) we have all This effectively means that only one user will be able to generate the required files into formats unless you set the /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals foldergroup permissions appropriately. For example:
* <code>CONTEXT_HOME=/opt/context</code>* <code>TEXMFCACHE==Smultron installation and configuration===$CONTEXT_HOME/tex/texmf-cache</code>* <code>chmod -R g+w $TEXMFCACHE</code>
1{{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. Smultron This guide is a mac applicationfor installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution. To install it, simply download the dmg and put the app under the Applications folder (as usual) }}
2<pre> # Create the /opt/context directory -- change as appropriate or desired if you # want a different installation directory. cd /opt mkdir context cd context # Fetch the install script (use rsync on the mac, see above) wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup. Open Smultron and sh # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go under Toolshave a coffee # Flags you can add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third->Handle Commandsparty modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # -->Show Commands Windowengine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB
3 sh . The resulting window allows you to define some commands which can be executed by Smultron. Substantially, this means that Smultron opens for you a Terminal, types the code you want and presses return/first-setup.sh --modules=all
4. Create a new command by pressing the "New Command" button and type a name (e. # change ownership to real rather than effective id chown -R `id -r -u`:`id -r -g` . minimalsTexexec). Then, write in the text field at the bottom:</pre>
<code>#!/bin/sh ===Cache===
cd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ To customize the cache directory and other options, see the [[Custom_Configuration|Custom Configuration]] page.
. /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex===Font Directory===
cd %%dAdd the OSFONTDIR into ./tex/setuptex. Go to under the line:
texexec %%p</code> # TODO: we could set OSFONTDIR on Mac for example
Texexec is the command (if you should call from don't have the Terminal line above, go to run ConTeXt. Now Smultron can do it for you.the end of the file) and add there:
5. Write your ConTeXt file with Smultron and save it. When you want to compile it, simply go under Tools-->Commands-->Other-->minimalsTexexec. This will generate a pdf file in the same folder of your .tex file export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts"
6. If you want to experiment with For more information: [[Fonts in LuaTeX simply add another command (you can name it e.g. minimalsLua) with this instead in its text field:]]
<code>#!/bin/sh cd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ . /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/texcd %%dcontext %%p</code>== Apache webserver installation ==
6bAnother common use case is invoking ConTeXt from within a web application. If you explore Because web directories are often self-contained, and in the Commands windowcase of Apache under Ubuntu, you will see that clickin under ownership of the Shortcut tab you can insert directory and its contents are assigned to a shortcutuser and group without a login shell, e.g., <code>www-data:www-data</code> this prevents a web application from invoking a ConTeXt installation done using either the single-user or system-wide method listed above.
6c. If you want In this case the solution is to see what ConTeXs is telling you (which is fundamental install ConTeXt within the website tree, and ideally in case of unexpected behaviors) you can select Toolsthe public sub-tree. The public sub->Handle Commands-->Show Command Result Windowtree is commonly the home directory for the application and relative pathnames are resolved as if immediately below it.
==Notes==1. All For example, in the case of the process requires that you have installed on your machine rsyncPHP web framework Laravel, ruby and perl. But if you are on macosx, Apple should already have provided it, so at 99% there should not ConTeXt can be problems.installed alongside other assets in the <path-to-document-root>/public/context directory:
2<pre> cd <path-to-document-root>/public mkdir context cd context wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup. We are not using sh # Install the famous TeXShop editor, because it is slighlty more complicated and typically you grab it bundled with latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a TeX distribution (like MacTeX), and opportunely configured. By using Smultronlong time, we so go have created a completely autonomous and lightweight ConTeXTMinimals installation which coffee # Flags you can work aside MacTeX/TeXShop installationadd to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB
sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all
</pre>
== Windows ==Once installed, you need to ensure that the permissions are correct for Apache to be able to access it (you will either need <code>sudo</code> privileges or root access):
Note: rsync sometimes has problems with paths with uppercase letters (like c:\Temp or c<pre>$ cd <path-to-document-root>/public$ sudo chmod -R www-data:\Documents and Settings). Installing into allwww-lowercase paths sometimes helps.data context</pre>
Note: If youNow as part of your application're behind firewall and rsync times out s invocation of ConTeXt, you will need to open port 873 for outgoing TCP connectionsset up the shell environment. This is easily done by creating a simple BASH shell script, also to be installed in the public part of the document tree:
=== Using installer ===<pre> #!/usr/bin/env bash
You may not have MikTeX or TeX Live # # proccontext.sh # # To be installed in <path-to-document- the two installations will interfere with each other.root>/public/bin
Just download and run [http: . <path-to-document-root>/public/context/tex/minimals.contextgarden.netsetuptex <path-to-document-root>/setuppublic/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe the installer] and hope for the best.tex
=== Using command-line tools === cd tex/spool context $1 > /tmp/context_run.log</pre>
Download and unzip [http:Here the dynamically generated ConTeXt source file is expected to be found in the <code><path-to-document-root>/tex/minimals.contextgarden.netspool</setup/context-setup-mswin.zip context-setup-mswincode> directory.zip]
Run <code>first-setup.bat</code>Now within your application, go for a coffee.you can invoke this shell script (in this case using PHP):
Before being able to use ConTeXt you need to run setuptex.bat to initialize the environment. A simple way to do it is to create a file <codepre>startcontext $cmd = "bin/proccontext.batsh $input_filename"; $last_line = system($cmd, $ret_val);</codepre> (use any name) somewhere in PATH and put this line into it
C:\Programs\context\And the output will once again be found in <code><path-to-document-root>/tex\setuptex/spool</code>.bat C:\Programs\context\tex
Then==Arch Linux==There’s a [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/context-minimals-git PKGBUILD] inthe AUR, you can type <code>startcontext<provided by Aditya [https://github.com/adityam/code> into CMD whenever you want to use ConTeXt Minimals instead of MikTeXcontext-pkgbuild].Install it using your favorite AUR frontend, e.g.
== Testing ==<pre>yaourt -S context-minimals-git</pre>
\starttextThis will get you a fresh, up-to-date Context tree in Hello World! \stoptext<tt>/opt/context-minimals</tt>.
Now, you should be able to run context hello.texor texexec hello.tex== The funtoo way ==
<code>context<If you are using [http:/code> uses LuaTeX by default/funtoo.org funtoo] there are ebuilds that will make an installation as easy as installing any other package from portage. Take a look at the [[ConTeXt Standalone Funtoo]] Howto. This might also work for [http://www.gentoo.org gentoo], but is untested right now.
= Goals = Proxy settings ==
We wanted The installation script uses <code>rsync</code> to provide:* an easy fetch the required files. So, if you are behind a proxy server, you need to (no-need-tell the details to-)install ConTeXt distribution* a '''fast and convenient rsync. The easiest way to update ConTeXt and binaries set this is to set <code>RSYNC_PROXY</code> variable in the latest version''' ''terminal or your startup script (no need to fetch 100 MB when only minimal modifications have been made in <code>.bashrc</code> or the distributioncorresponding file for your shell)''* a reference ConTeXt distribution* an easy way to revert to an older ConTeXt (in case . Replace username, password, proxyhost and proxyport with the latest one is broken)correct information
We do not plan to provide export RSYNC_PROXY=username:* LaTeX packages ''(perhaps the really-basic-latex as an add-on package, but only if someone else has time to investigate what is needed)''* extensive support for whatever binaries or packages which are otherwise standard in TeX distributionspassword@proxyhost: use TeX Live or MikTeX for that purposeproxyport
The minimals contain:* ConTeXt* Fonts: most important TeX-aware ones* pdfTeXSometimes, XeTeX, LuaTeX and Metapost (latest versionwhen behind a firewall, if possible)* formats (need to port 873 may be generated by user) closed for outgoing TCP connections. If port 22 is open for** ConTeXtssh connections, mptopdf and plain TeX for pdfTeX/XeTeX/LuaTeX** metafun and plain for Metapost* ''it would a trick that can be nice used is to connect to have tex4ht as a package if someone can figure out what is needed computer located somewhere outside of the firewall and to make it work''tunnel port 873 (using the program <code>nc</code>).
export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG= Supported platforms ='ssh tunnelhost nc %H 873'
* Windows* Linux (compiled with glibc 2where <code>tunnelhost</code> is the machine outside of the firewall on which you have <code>ssh</code> access.3Of course, this machine must have <code>nc</code> and port 873 open for outgoing TCP connections.6)* Linux, 64-bit* Mac OS X Intel* Mac OS X PowerPC* FreeBSD* (Solaris)* other platforms on request (please send a mail to the ntg-context mailing list)
= Installation = Usage ==
== Prerequisites ==ConTeXt suite works in a non-interfering manner because it does not put anything in your <code>$PATH</code> and does not set any system variables. This in turn means that in order to use it, you need to do some initialization. An intialization script called <code>setuptex</code> is provided in <code>installation-dir/tex/</code>.
You need to have two packages preinstalled:* rsync* ruby (at least 1.8)=== Terminal/Command line ===
== First Installation ==To run context from a terminal, source <code>setuptex</code>:
'''Please note that the location or name of that simple source /installation script may change!''' ''(It's a really stupid one, one could also call it a prototype.)''-dir/tex/setuptex
The needed files are under:* http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/Well, to be honest, all you need to run it on linux/mac is this script (the rest of files will be downloaded autematically):* http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/linux/first-setup.sh (<code>rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/linux/first-setup.sh .</code>)Take a look at it, modify it if needed and run it. On Windows you can either take that command-line version from the zip or* [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe Vyatcheslav's Windows Installer] with a GUI=== Exclusive usage ===
It will download about 200 MBIf you always use ConTeXt suite and '''never''' use LaTeX or plain TeX provided by another TeX distribution, you can add the following line to the startup script of your shell (For bash, the startup script is <code>$HOME/.bashrc</code>; for zsh it is <code>HOME/.zshrc</code>).
== Running == source /installation-dir/tex/setuptex
Just like for the old minimals, you have to add a command likeThen <code>setuptex</code> will always be sourced in your terminal.
source /opt/context/tex/setuptex /opt/context/tex === Integrating with an editor ===
The easiest way to run ConTeXt from an editor is to open a terminal, source {{code|setuptex}} in the terminal, and then open your system startupeditor '''from the same terminal'''. Another option is to add {{code|/installation-dir/tex/texmf-<platform>/bin}} to the {{code|$PATH}} that the editor searches. The details vary depending on the editor. See [[Text Editors]] for instructions on integrating ConTeXt with various editors.
== Updating ==
For nowupdating the ConTeXt suite, the main recipe to first update is to run <code>first-setup.sh</code> again, then run it. You couldalso create an alias or a little script “ctx-update”with the following example contents:<pre>cd /opt/contextrsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden. A command similar to net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all</pre> To update retain currently-installed modules:<codepre>ctxtools sh ./first-setup.sh -updatecontext-keep</codepre> might be provided in == Uninstalling == ConTeXt suite does not touch anything outside its installation folder. So to uninstall it, you can simply remove the installation folder. == Remaking formats == Normally, the update script should create the formats for you. If for some reason you need to recreate the formats, you can do the futurefollowing: * For making MKII format. mktexlsr texexec --make --all * For making XeTeX format mktexlsr texexec --make --xtx --all * For making MKIV format mtxrun --generate context --make = Windows =
= TODO =If you want to use ConTeXt suite alongside MikTeX/TeXLive (needed if you also run LaTeX), follow the command-line installation method.
(this will move to a better place)== Installation ==
== Minor notes =Command line method ===Download [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip context-setup-mswin.zip] or [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-win64.zip context-setup-win64.zip], and unzip to a directory where you want to install ConTeXt. It is recommended that you choose a directory that does not have a space in its full path. Then open <code>cmd.exe</code>, go to the installation directory and run
* document environmental variables/different modes of installation* split LM from rest of {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the fonts* older, rarely--all switch to get all modules and all fonts* add font metric files from cont-fntupdated MkIV distribution.zip* add Charis SIL* fix mvs* add the lua configuration file}}
== Other notes == first-setup.bat
This is takes a description of how the first installation and any subsequent updates should work (or how it would be nice if they worked that way):long time, so go have a coffee.
We need to:* create files <code>README INSTALL</code>* create a file <code>minimals.lua</code> (or some other self-explanatory name):** <b>rsync location</b> (By default: <code>rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals</code>, could be anything)** ??? <b>installation location</b> (default is simply the current location (<code>pwd</code>))** <b>engines</b> (default: all - pdftex, xetex, luatex, metapost)** <b>formats</b> (default: english + dutch context for all the installed engines, metapost, metafun; optional: other interfaces, plain pdftex, xetex)** <b>fonts</b> (need to be reorganized/improved anyway, perhaps a list of fonts should be fetched)** once in the future: <b>supported font encodings for pdftex</b> (default: texnansi, ec, optional: greek, t5, t2a, t2b, t2c, .suite installs ConTeXt beta..)** <b>third party modules</b> (list needs to be fetched form If you want the garden, default)** <b>context stable version</b> (default: currentof ConTeXt, other options: beta, highly-experimental (for "Hans-and-Taco-only"), specific-date <font color="red">in the case of a fixed version issue a warning at next update</font>)** <b>interactive flag</b>: shoud the script ask for changes interactively again or should it simply reaspect & you can use them (defaut: interactive for the first time, after that automatic)
* improve <code> first-setup(.sh, .bat)</code> (or with some other self-explanatory name), which:** checks if rsync exists (if not, an error is issued, saying <code>please install rsync first</code>)** checks for perl and ruby and issues a similar error/warning (in fact, we can still proceed to the next step and download things even if perl & ruby are not installed, but that doesn't make much sense)** does rsync to installation files themselves (in case mtx-update has changed in the mean time)** reads in <code>minimals.lua</code> (which engines, formats, fonts, modules to download ...) if interactive is set to true, ask for default settings again, otherwise respect those settings and continue** asks for installation location** creates (or updates) the file with settings (if interactive)** fetch files with rsync** create formats** suggest what to put into <code>.bash_profile</code> (or equivalent locations) to have context initilized automatically=latest
* add unzip for windowsBy default, the suite does ''not'' install modules and other third party content. If you want the modules (and have the bandwidth), you can use
first-setup.bat --modules= Binaries =all
Binaries are mostly taken from TeX Live 2007, but new ones are used whenever available.
== Origin of If the binaries ==above installation instructions don't seem to answer your questions, see page [[Windows_Installation:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_SciTe| Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe]] for more detailed information.
* TeX Live 2007 for most binaries and most platforms* Akira's [http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html W32TeX] for windows binaries (including metapost, LuaTeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX) - automatic* for pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX and metapost for other platforms added manually whenever possible (nice if it could be automated, but no idea how)* texmf/scripts/context/stubs from ConTeXt== Proxy settings ==
== List of included binaries ==The installation script uses <code>rsync</code> to fetch the required files. So, if you are behind a proxy server, you need to tell the details to rsync. The easiest way to set this is to set <code>RSYNC_PROXY</code> variable in the terminal as (replace username, password, proxyhost and proxyport with the correct information)
set RSYNC_PROXY=== Core binaries ===''We will do our best to keep them as up to date as possible. If they're still not up to date for your platform and you know where to find them, please notify us, we will fix that. We might provide XeTeX and LuaTeX in separate packages (on TODO list).''* pdftex* luatex* texlua, texluac ''(only symlinks on "unix" platforms, in Akira's distribution luatex.dll is used + 3 small executables)''* xetex, xdvipdfmx* ''metapost''** dvitomp** makempx** mpost** mpto ''(can this be replaced by ConTeXt's variant in future?)''username:password@proxyhost:proxyport
=== Other binaries ===* ''kpathsea''** kpseaccess** kpsestat** kpsewhich* ''different tools''** bibtex** dvipos** mktexlsr** pdftosrcor set the variable permanently as a Windows environment variable.
Sometimes, when behind a firewall, port 873 may be closed for outgoing TCP connections. If port 22 is open for ssh connections, a trick that can be used is to connect to a computer located somewhere outside of the firewall and to tunnel port 873 (using the program <code>nc</code>). export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG='ssh tunnelhost nc %H 873' where <code>tunnelhost</code> is the machine outside of the firewall on which you have <code>ssh</code> access. Of course, this machine must have <code>nc</code> and port 873 open for outgoing TCP connections. ==Usage = Stubs & other = Before running ConTeXt, you need to run <code>setuptex.bat</code> which is provided in <code>installation-dir\tex\</code>. This can be done by typing installation-dir\tex\setuptex.bat on cmd.exe before you run ConTeXt. To avoid always having to type this, you can create a shortcut to cmd.exe and edit the command line to read (assuming you installed the suite in <code>C:\Programs</code>; otherwise replace <code>C:\Programs\</code> with your installation directory) C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k C:\Programs\context\tex\setuptex.bat This starts up a new command shell with the environment pre-loaded. Within the new shell you can just type <code>context</code> to run ConTeXt. E.g. C:\> context --related version to check that you are running the version you think you're running. === Use ConTeXt with Cygwin ===* everything from After installing the ConTeXt suite, you can run it under Cygwin. With Cygwin, you may use gmake and other Unix tools for your automated workflow. # Run <code>texmfsetuptex.bat</scriptscode> in DOS command prompt# In the same DOS prompt, enter Cygwin by running <code>cygwin.bat</code> (in your Cygwin installation directory)# Under Cygwin prompt, run <code> context.cmd test.tex </stubscode>. Note that the <code>.cmd</code>extension is needed under Cygwin.* luatools, mtxrun* texmfstart ''(take the latest version by Hans automatically: doesn't happen yet)''== Updating ==
=== FontIf you used the command line method, just run <code>first-related ===''Might be removed or moved setup.bat</code> again to a special category of "font-related binaries", and only available as an additional packageupdate the suite.''* ''only left for testing** afm2pl** afm2tfm** ttf2afm* Knuth's** pltotf** tftopl** vftovp** vptovf
=== Might-be-removed-soon ===
* dvipdfmx
* dvips
= ConTeXt = Uninstallation ==
The Minimals provide several versions of ConTeXt:* stable* beta (suggested for living-on-If you used thecommand-edge ones; will default to stable if not available)* alpha (rarely used; will use beta if not available)* experimental (only for testing - not meant for general use)* date-based ones (currenty only a few versions available - planning to improve)You line installer, you can use --context=XXXjust delete the installation directory to get uninstall the desired versionsuite.
= Fonts =
Fonts are split in three packages:* used in both pdfTeX and XeTeX/LuaTeX: mostly math (pfb, map, enc, tfm)* used in pdfTeX only: pfb, map, enc, tfm (those that are not present in "common")* used in XeTeX/LuaTeX only: otf== Troubleshooting ==
Currently we have * rsync sometimes has problems with paths with uppercase letters (the latest version, in sync with CTANlike <code>c:\Temp</code> or <code>C:\Documents and Settings</code>):. Installing into all-lowercase paths without spaces sometimes helps.* Latin ModernDirectory-name length may also have an effect, due to Windows's 8.3 filename conventions. An indicator is if running "texexec --lua" on a file produces missing-file warnings containing Windows-created 8-character directory names, such as "C:\CONTEX~1\tex", where your ConTeXt directory is really "C:\context_minimals\tex". Be conservative and choose a short name like "C:\ctm\tex". Also, this may even work when an 8-character-or-less directory name like "C:\ctexmin\tex" doesn't.* Antykwa Torunska* Iwona & Kurier* TeX GyreIf you're behind firewall and rsync times out, you need to open port 873 for outgoing TCP connections.* amsIf you update luaTeX occasionally you may get something like
Other fonts to be added<code>engine mismatch (luv:* TODOThis is LuaTeX, Version beta-<version>-<date1> (TeX Live 2013/dev)(rev <number1>) <> bin: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-<version>-<date1> (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX)(rev <number2>)), forcing remake</code>
It is possible In which case your format will be remade every time you compile a file. In /texmf-mswin make sure that we'll provide a really minimal package with LM only, luatex.exe and additional three packages (common, for new TeX, for old TeX) with all texlua.exe have the same date; then also delete luatex.dll. This usually solves the other fontsproblem.
* fonts/data/<foundry>/<family|distro>/*= Installing third party modules =
* lm The ConTeXt suite only comes with Taco's [[Bibliography|t-bib]] module. If you want to install [http: always* gyre : all of them in one set//modules.contextgarden.net/ a new module], say Wolfgang's [[Letter|t-letter]] module, optionalyou can use* rest : optional first-setup.sh --modules="t-letter"
= ThirdIf you want to install more than one extra module, you can separate them by commas. So, to install the t-letter and t-mathsets module, do sh ./first-setup.sh --party modules & Other ="t-letter,t-mathsets"
* TODOIf you want to install all extra modules at once, do* also cont sh ./first-* from Hans's pagesetup.sh --modules=all
= Documentation Reverting to an older installation =
TODOIf, for some reason, you want to revert to an older installation, you can do that by
sh ./first-setup.sh --context= Implementation =date
See where <code>date</code> is the date of one of the stable releases of ConTeXt. The complete list of old releases that are available is [[New ConTeXt Minimals (Implementation)|implementation]http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/context/ here] page.
= Hans's requests =
* reorganize fonts into fonts/data/e-foundry/texgyre/<everything>* list directory contents* list of files to fetch an old ConTeXt version= Moving the installation tree around =
= Who are “we”? =According to this post, http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20101129.144331.d721372f.en.html it's safe to move the installation tree across directory or machines (say you don't have broadband access). You just have to clean and regenerate the cache (./tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache) with mtxrun --generate
''Ein Teil von jener Kraft, / Die stets das Böse will, und stets das Gute schafft.'' <code>:-)= Notes =<references/code>
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