Installation
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Since April 2019, there is a new major version of ConTeXt, named ConTeXt LMTX.
It is a new implementation tuned for LuaMetaTeX TeX engine, the lean and mean successor of the LuaTeX TeX engine (see article). You can read the licence (Creative Commons GNU GPL for program code, and Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike for documentation).
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#1- Download
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#2- Installation
- Create a directory for, e.g. data/context
- Go there and download the relevant zip for your plateform (see aside)
- Unpack the zip, some files will appear
- Execute the install program, which will take care of downloading the distribution:
- WINDOWS:
install.bat
- UNIX:
install.sh
(set the executable permissions)
- WINDOWS:
- Add ConTeXt to your system PATH :
- WINDOWS: run
setpath.bat
- UNIX: use the PATH instructions provided at the end of
install.sh
with:
- WINDOWS: run
- Bash shell
echo 'export PATH=...thepathinstructions...:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
- Sh/Ksh shell
echo 'export PATH=...thepathinstructions...:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
- Tcsh/csh shell
echo 'set path = ($path ...thepathinstructions...)' >> ~/.cshrc
- Bash shell
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#3- First Run with ConTeXt !
- Download the tex input file Hello-World.tex from our Detailed example
- Run
context Hello-world.tex
in your shell - Check the pdf output
Hello-world.pdf
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You can also follow our two steps tutorial:
- Your 1st document
- and a more Detailed example
#4-Update ?
Just replay the install program, it also take care of updating the distribution:
- WINDOWS:
install.bat
- UNIX:
install.sh
(set the executable permissions)
Official installation page
The official page Installing CONTEXT LMTX is hosted by Pragma-Ade, which also provides
- a 2 pages installation guide,
- a 1 page leaflet for ConTeXt LMTX
- a 1 page leaflet for LuaMetaTeX.
Further installation instructions
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