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== Quickstart for the impatient ==
(all done as root) If you have the tetex packages, get rid of them:
apt-get --purge remove tetex-{extra,doc,bin,base}
Add these lines to your <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>:
deb <nowiki>http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/</nowiki> context/
deb-src <nowiki>http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/</nowiki> context/
Then install the packages:
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install texlive lmodern cm-super texlive-fonts-recommended \
context context-nonfree context-doc-nonfree
Read on for the details.
== Use TeXLive packages ==
The context packages depend on [http://www.tug.org/texlive TeXLive], so if you are using the Debian teTeX packages (e.g. see whether <tt>tetex-base </tt> is installed by doing "<code>dpkg -l tetex-base"</code>), it's time to make the change to TeXLive. You'll have to do it so eventually since teTeX 3.0 will be its the last upstream releaseof teTeX. So if If not now, when?
If you are switching from teTeX, it's important to <b>purge</b>, not just remove the <tt>tetex-*</tt> packages, before installing the TeXLive packages. Otherwise the teTeX packages's configuration files, including those in <tt>/etc/texmf/texmf.d/</tt> and <tt>/etc/texmf/fmt.d/</tt>, will remain haunt the system like a ghost haunting the system. One way to do that isTo purge:
apt-get --purge remove tetex-{extra,doc,bin,base}
The full directions for using TeXLive are at http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html or at
[[Debian TeXlive install]], though if you are brave you can just try:
Once you've installed the basic packages, you'll need a few extras:
apt-get install texlive-metapost lmodern cm-super
== Check for shadowing formats and macros ==
