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< [[Installation hints]] | [[Linux Installation]] >
Historically there were a lot of different TeX distributions. Nowadays there are only a few wide spread. We mention only those that are free and support ConTeXt:
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><th>Name</th><th>OS</th><th>Homepage</th><th>Remarks</th></tr>
<tr><td>TeX Live</td><td>a lot</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/texlive/ tug.org/texlive]</td><td>web2c, based on teTeX and fpTeX</td></tr>
<tr><td>teTeX</td><td>Linux, Unix</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/tetex/ tug.org/tetex]</td><td>web2c</td></tr>
<tr><td>fpTeX</td><td>Win32</td><td>[http://www.fptex.org fptex.org]</td><td>web2c, based on teTeX</td></tr>
<tr><td>MikTeX</td><td>Win</td><td>[http://www.miktex.org/ miktex.org]</td><td>GUI</td></tr>
<tr><td>gwTeX</td><td>MacOS X</td><td>[http://www.rna.nl/tex.html rna.nl]</td><td>web2c, based on TeX Live</td></tr>
</table>
* web2c is a common base for TeX distributions, see [http://www.tug.org/web2c/ tug.org/web2c]. It uses the kpathsea tool and its ls-R database for file searches.
==web2c hints==
* use <tt>mktexlsr</tt> (same as <tt>texhash</tt>) to rebuild the file database after every install or change!
* '''Beware''', older web2c distributions keep ConTeXt’s (Perl/Ruby) scripts at <tt>.../context/perltk</tt>, newer at <tt>.../scripts/Perl/context</tt>! Make sure to delete the older ones!
==MikTeX hints==
MikTeX has anywhere a "rebuild database" menu entry; use it after every install or change!
Historically there were a lot of different TeX distributions. Nowadays there are only a few wide spread. We mention only those that are free and support ConTeXt:
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><th>Name</th><th>OS</th><th>Homepage</th><th>Remarks</th></tr>
<tr><td>TeX Live</td><td>a lot</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/texlive/ tug.org/texlive]</td><td>web2c, based on teTeX and fpTeX</td></tr>
<tr><td>teTeX</td><td>Linux, Unix</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/tetex/ tug.org/tetex]</td><td>web2c</td></tr>
<tr><td>fpTeX</td><td>Win32</td><td>[http://www.fptex.org fptex.org]</td><td>web2c, based on teTeX</td></tr>
<tr><td>MikTeX</td><td>Win</td><td>[http://www.miktex.org/ miktex.org]</td><td>GUI</td></tr>
<tr><td>gwTeX</td><td>MacOS X</td><td>[http://www.rna.nl/tex.html rna.nl]</td><td>web2c, based on TeX Live</td></tr>
</table>
* web2c is a common base for TeX distributions, see [http://www.tug.org/web2c/ tug.org/web2c]. It uses the kpathsea tool and its ls-R database for file searches.
==web2c hints==
* use <tt>mktexlsr</tt> (same as <tt>texhash</tt>) to rebuild the file database after every install or change!
* '''Beware''', older web2c distributions keep ConTeXt’s (Perl/Ruby) scripts at <tt>.../context/perltk</tt>, newer at <tt>.../scripts/Perl/context</tt>! Make sure to delete the older ones!
==MikTeX hints==
MikTeX has anywhere a "rebuild database" menu entry; use it after every install or change!
