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== Install a [[pdfTeX]] update ==
Since the Debian tetex-bin package already contains a pdftex program, this update is optional and ConTeXt should work even if the release of pdftex provided by tetex-bin is a little bit old.
Fetch the 1.30.6 release (tar or zip archive) from [[http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex sarovar]].
From within the directory where you downloaded the archive file, execute the following
series of commands:
<code>
# unzip pdftex-1.30.6.zip
# cd pdftex-1.30.6
</code>
Edit the build.sh file and add a valid datadir option:
<code>
...
../src/configure \
--datadir=/usr/share \
--without-bibtex8 \
...
</code>
Then run build.sh:
<code>
# sh ./build.sh
</code>
If the build went OK, then the last four lines of terminal output are the
actual binaries and pool files for pdftex and pdfetex. These have to be used instead of their existing counterparts in the teTeX installation.
'''Note:''' The next commands assume that you have <tt>/usr/local/bin</tt> in you path, and the standard Debian setup for <tt>TEXMF</tt> trees
<code>
# cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex /usr/local/bin/pdfetex
# mkdir -p /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c
# cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex.pool /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c
# fmtutil-sys --all
</code>
no need for a pdftex update, since the texlive packages have a recent one
The directions for using TeXLive are at http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html
== Install a [[MetaPost]] update ==
