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ConTeXt scripts used to be written in Perl (phased out), then switched to Ruby and now to Lua. You need to have at least Ruby installed installed, and Perl for mptopdf.
You can download Ruby [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl here] (automatic installation) or [http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ here] (you need to extract files from zip and add ruby to PATH).
* http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
* http://www.ruby-lang.org or http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org
You can download ActivePerl [http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl here] and Ruby [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl here] (automatic installation) or [http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ here] (you need to extract files from zip and add ruby to PATH).
After installing them (remember the folder where you've put them!) you have to check if both executables are included in the PATH. Open the command line (''Start'' -> ''Run'' ... -> type '''<code>cmd</code>''' or '''<code>command</code>''') and check if
perl --version
and
ruby --version
work OK.
If windows complains about ''"Command not found"'', go to the ''Control Panel'' -> ''System'' -> ''Advanced'' -> click on the ''"Environment variables"'' and choose '''path''' in ''"system variables"''. Type in the path (e.g. D\Program Files\Perl\bin\;) where the ruby and perl *.exe files are installed. Generally, the installation is automatic. you may not need the above method.
You can download Ruby [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl here] (automatic installation) or [http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ here] (you need to extract files from zip and add ruby to PATH).
* http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
* http://www.ruby-lang.org or http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org
You can download ActivePerl [http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl here] and Ruby [http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl here] (automatic installation) or [http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ here] (you need to extract files from zip and add ruby to PATH).
After installing them (remember the folder where you've put them!) you have to check if both executables are included in the PATH. Open the command line (''Start'' -> ''Run'' ... -> type '''<code>cmd</code>''' or '''<code>command</code>''') and check if
perl --version
and
ruby --version
work OK.
If windows complains about ''"Command not found"'', go to the ''Control Panel'' -> ''System'' -> ''Advanced'' -> click on the ''"Environment variables"'' and choose '''path''' in ''"system variables"''. Type in the path (e.g. D\Program Files\Perl\bin\;) where the ruby and perl *.exe files are installed. Generally, the installation is automatic. you may not need the above method.
