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< {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation]] | [[ConTeXt Minimals/Structure]] | [[install the newer ConTeXt Minimals/ImplementationLMTX]] >. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}}
The '''Minimals''' are an attempt to provide a ConTeXt distribution that:
* includes the latest & greatest binaries
* includes the latest stable & beta version of ConTeX (one can choose which one to install)
* takes minimal amount of time & bandwidth to upgrade
* does not interfere with existing TeX installations (MikTeX, TeX Live, ... one can have both installed)
* does not need root privileges to be installed
* takes reasonable amount of space
** does not include any LaTeX packages & binaries
** faster
** not such a problem to have multiple versions installed (they do not interfere)
** possible to make it even smaller by installing only luatex for example
They are hosted on The '''http://minimals.contextgarden.netConTeXt suite''' (equivalent is a complete, up-to '''rsync://contextgarden-date ConTeXt distribution that can be upgraded efficiently. It can also be used in parallel with existing TeX installations such as MikTeX, TeXLive, and so forth.net/minimals/''')The suite does not include LaTeX packages and binaries.
Everyone is invited Sometimes ConTeXt beta releases have issues. The ConTeXt suite allows you to test this distributionthe latest ConTeXt release without worrying whether upgrading will corrupt a critical project. Multiple ConTeXt suite installations are possible. This allows, but is kindly asked for patience example, a stable version and understanding until we tidy up the details. You need a beta version to have '''rsync''' installed, for windows it's shipped together with run in parallel on the minimalssame computer.
= Quick Start =ConTeXt is also included in TeXlive. The ConTeXt suite is updated continuously, whereas ConTeXt in TeXlive is updated less often. In particular, <code>luatex</code> and <code>metapost</code> are under active development and their binaries are updated frequently. ConTeXt follows these developments, indeed often drives development. As the binaries included in the TeXlive distribution are only updated yearly, ConTeXt on TeXlive will necessarily be less current than the ConTeXt suite. The ConTeXt suite is self-contained and can happily coexist alongside another installed TeX distribution.
mkdir context && cd context rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . ./first-setup.sh''... go and have a coffee ...''= General Information =
and then put something equivalent (depending on where you have placed ConTeXt) of source ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/texto <code>~/.bash_profile</code> or <code>~/.bashrc</code> or do this each time when you want to initialize the environment to run the minimals: cd ~/context/tex . setuptexor . ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/tex== Supported platforms ==
This will enable * If you to use both TeX Live and ConTeXt run into problems installing, check the available architectures in the minimal’s [http://minimals without interferring with each other.contextgarden.net/setup/ setup folder]!* OpenBSD 6.4 binaries are compiled but are missing in the setup folder ATM (2019-07)
==Mac newbie installation and configuration==If you want to support a new platform, please write to the [[Mailing Lists]]
===ConTeXt installation===
1The following programs are not required for running ConTeXt, but their installation adds additional functionality. Create a folder inside your Applications folder and name it "ConTeXtMinimals"
2. Open a Terminal window * curl : for including remote content* ghostscript : for converting PostScript images to PDF* graphicsmagick (i.e. go under Utilities convert) : for converting GIF and TIFF images* inkscape : for converting SVG and open the Terminal appcompressed SVG* mupdf (mudraw) : a little window pops upfor converting PDF to PNG (used for ePub covers)* pstoedit : for converting PostScript to MetaPost outlines* zint : for providing barcodes* zip or 7zip : for EPUB generation
3. type this: <code>cd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/== Disc space required ==</code>it means "change directory": now we ConTeXt macro files are working under small (less than 10MB), but the folder we have createdsuite comes with various free fonts which considerably increase the size of the distribution (to around 200MB).
4== Multiple instances of the installation ==Please note from the start that we recommend installing a complete ConTeXt installation for each project in a production environment. The installation tree is portable (see Moving the Installation Around, below) and can be located under the project's own directory. The advantage is to allow each project to use an instance of ConTeXt that is adapted to its coding and that only gets updated purposely. Since the ConTeXt Standalone is "bleeding edge" and subject to development, certain details in commands, syntax or rendering may evolve slightly. type Having a vintage ConTeXt tree for each production project insures that one can come back years later and produce identical results. So as not to get carried away under thisapproach, one can eventually group projects by vintage, period or season, according to cycles of productivity. == Standalone == * [[ConTeXt Standalone/FAQ|Standalone/FAQ]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/Structure|Standalone/Structure]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/Implementation|Standalone/Implementation]]* [[ConTeXt Standalone/TODO|Standalone/TODO]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/Contents|Standalone/Contents]] * [[ConTeXt Standalone/TeX Live|Standalone/TeX Live]]* Browse the [http://minimals.contextgarden.net installation tree] = Unix-like platforms (Linux/MacOS X/FreeBSD/Solaris) = === (MacOS X) Using the Command line: Terminal.app === If you do not what a command tool is, do not worry. It is simply a program in which commands are entered as text and then executed. The needed Terminal.app can be found in the Utilities-folder of the Applications-Folder. Once you have started Terminal, all you have to do is enter a command and press the RETURN-key and the command will be executed. == Single user installation == Select a folder where you want to install ConTeXt. We recommend that you can use your <code>$HOME/context</code>directory. Create this folder. Then download and place it in <code>$HOME/context</code> directory. Open a terminal, then ... execute (Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris): {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}} <pre> mkdir ~/context cd ~/context wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh</pre> or (MacOS):<pre> mkdir ~/context cd ~/context rsync -ptv av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .</codepre>Since the Mac does not have `wget` pre-installed. Now run the `first-setup.sh` script:<pre> # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go have a coffee # Flags you can add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB
we have called rsync, a program which goes on the contexgarden site (--> you must be connected to internet) and download all the necessary files for us.Here, it simply downloads the little file <code>first-setup. sh</code>: it contains a set of instructions which allow for automatic downloads (e.g. it selects the right files depending on which platform you are). So you have now to type in Terminal <code>./first-setup.sh--modules=all</codepre> in order to execute it. As a consequence of running such a file, a big (but not so big) download and install process starts.
Now (well, after a while) we have all the required files into the /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals folder== System-wide installation ==
===Smultron A system wide installation and configuration===is '''only''' recommended for experienced users. You will need administrator rights on the Mac as only administrators are allowed to install programs in the Applications folder, or root (sudo) privileges on other unix-like systems.
1. Smultron is a mac application. To install it, simply download the dmg and put the app under the * on Linux you can use <code>/opt/context</code>* on MacOS X you can use <code>/Applications folder (as usual) /ConTeXt</code>
2. Open Smultron and go under Tools--Note that, at present, while ''using'' MkIV, you need to have write permissions for the <code>Handle Commands--$TEXMFCACHE</code>Show Commands Windowdirectory. This effectively means that only one user will be able to generate the formats unless you set the group permissions appropriately. For example:
3. The resulting window allows you to define some commands which can be executed by Smultron. Substantially, this means that Smultron opens for you a Terminal, types the * <code you want and presses return.>CONTEXT_HOME=/opt/context</code>* <code>TEXMFCACHE=$CONTEXT_HOME/tex/texmf-cache</code>* <code>chmod -R g+w $TEXMFCACHE</code>
4{{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. Create a new command by pressing This guide is for installing the "New Command" button and type a name (e.golder, rarely-updated MkIV distribution. "minimalsTexexec"). Then, write in the text field at the bottom:}}
cd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ # change ownership to real rather than effective id chown -R `id -r -u`:`id -r -g` . /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/texcd %%dtexexec %%p
Texexec ===Cache=== To customize the cache directory and other options, see the [[Custom_Configuration|Custom Configuration]] page. ===Font Directory=== Add the OSFONTDIR into ./tex/setuptex. Go to under the line: # TODO: we could set OSFONTDIR on Mac for example (if you don't have the line above, go to the end of the file) and add there: export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts" For more information: [[Fonts in LuaTeX]] == Apache webserver installation == Another common use case is invoking ConTeXt from within a web application. Because web directories are often self-contained, and in the command you should call case of Apache under Ubuntu, ownership of the directory and its contents are assigned to a user and group without a login shell, e.g., <code>www-data:www-data</code> this prevents a web application from invoking a ConTeXt installation done using either the Terminal single-user or system-wide method listed above. In this case the solution is to run install ConTeXtwithin the website tree, and ideally in the public sub-tree. The public sub-tree is commonly the home directory for the application and relative pathnames are resolved as if immediately below it. Now Smultron For example, in the case of the PHP web framework Laravel, ConTeXt can do it for be installed alongside other assets in the <path-to-document-root>/public/context directory: <pre> cd <path-to-document-root>/public mkdir context cd context wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go have a coffee # Flags youcan add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB
5 sh . Write your ConTeXt file with Smultron and save it/first-setup. When you want to compile it, simply go under Tools-->Commands-->Othersh --modules=all</pre>minimalsTexexec. This will generate a pdf file in the same folder of your .tex file.
6. If Once installed, you want need to experiment with LuaTeX simply add another command ensure that the permissions are correct for Apache to be able to access it (you can name it e.g. "minimalsLua"will either need <code>sudo</code> privileges or root access) with this text in its text field:
#!/bin/sh $ cd <path-to-document-root>/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ . /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/texcd %%dpublic$ sudo chmod -R www-data:www-data context %%p
6b. If you explore the Commands windowNow as part of your application's invocation of ConTeXt, you will see that clicking under need to set up the Shortcut tab you can insert shell environment. This is easily done by creating a shortcutsimple BASH shell script, also to be installed in the public part of the document tree:
6c. If you want to see what ConTeXs is telling you (which is fundamental in case of unexpected behaviors) you can select Tools--<pre>Handle Commands-->Show Command Result Window. This will open a window mirroring the content of the Terminal (i.e. what ConTeXt is communicating you) #!/usr/bin/env bash
7 # # proccontext. If you want an automatic update of the pdf you are workin on you can use another mac app, [http:/sh # # To be installed in <path-to-document-root>/pdfview.sourceforge.netpublic/ pdfview]. You have simply to install it, open your pdf file and choose the automatic update option. Every time you recompile form Smultron (or by another editor), it updates the displayed pdfbin
We are not using the famous TeXShop editor, because it is slighlty more complicated and typically you grab it bundled with a TeX distribution (like MacTeX), and opportunely configured . By using Smultron, we have created a completely autonomous and lightweight ConTeXTMinimals installation which can work aside MacTeX<path-to-document-root>/TeXShop installation. More, by pdfview we have auto update, which is one of the very relevant feature of TeXShop (If you do not know about all this stuff, see [http:public/context/tex/setuptex <path-to-document-root>/public/wiki.contextgarden.netcontext/Mac_Installation Mac installation]tex
=== TeXShop installation and configuration=== cd tex/spool context $1 > /tmp/context_run.log</pre>
1. TeXShop Here the dynamically generated ConTeXt source file is a popular TeX editor for Mac OS X. To install it, download expected to be found in the [http:<code><path-to-document-root>/tex/spool</wwwcode> directory.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop Now within your application, you can invoke this shell script (in this case using PHP): <pre> $cmd = "bin/obtainingproccontext.html disk image] and put the app under the Applications folder sh $input_filename"; $last_line = system(as usual$cmd, $ret_val) ;</pre>
2. Launch TeXShop. It will automatically create support files in your home folder. This will be And the place where the TeXShop engine for ConTeXt Minimals output will once again be locatedfound in <code><path-to-document-root>/tex/spool</code>.
3==Arch Linux==There’s a [https://aur. Create an empty text document with your favorite text editor or TeXShoparchlinux. Then, insert this text org/packages/context-minimals-git PKGBUILD] in the documentAUR, provided by Aditya [https://github.com/adityam/context-pkgbuild].Install it using your favorite AUR frontend, e.g.
#!/bin/bashsource /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/textexexec "$1"yaourt -S context-minimals-git
4This will get you a fresh, up-to-date Context tree in<tt>/opt/context-minimals</tt>. Save this document under "Library == The funtoo way == If you are using [http:/TeXShop/Enginesfuntoo.org funtoo] there are ebuilds that will make an installation as easy as installing any other package from portage. Take a look at the [[ConTeXt Standalone Funtoo]] Howto. This might also work for [http://" in your home folder and name it "ConTeXt Minimalswww.gentoo.engine"org gentoo], but is untested right now.
4a. chmod +x the "ConTeXt Minimals" file.== Proxy settings ==
5The installation script uses <code>rsync</code> to fetch the required files. Close all open documents in TeXShopSo, open if you are behind a new one and select "ConTeXt Minimals" in proxy server, you need to tell the list next details to the "Typeset" button in the toolbarrsync. This will instruct TeXShop The easiest way to use set this engine is to compose set <code>RSYNC_PROXY</code> variable in the terminal or your documentsstartup script (<code>.bashrc</code> or the corresponding file for your shell). Replace username, password, proxyhost and proxyport with the correct information
6. Edit your ConTeXt document with TeXShop. When you want to typeset it, simply hit Command-T or go under Composition-->Composer. This will generate a PDF file in the same folder of your .tex file. export RSYNC_PROXY=username:password@proxyhost:proxyport
===Notes===Sometimes, when behind a firewall, port 873 may be closed for outgoing TCP connections. If port 22 is open for ssh connections, a trick that can be used is to connect to a computer located somewhere outside of the firewall and to tunnel port 873 (using the program <code>nc</code>).
All the process requires that you have installed on your machine rsync, ruby and perl. But if you are on macosx, Apple should already have provided it, so at 99 export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG='ssh tunnelhost nc % there should not be problems.H 873'
== Windows ==where <code>tunnelhost</code> is the machine outside of the firewall on which you have <code>ssh</code> access. Of course, this machine must have <code>nc</code> and port 873 open for outgoing TCP connections.
Note: rsync sometimes has problems with paths with uppercase letters (like c:\Temp or c:\Documents and Settings). Installing into all-lowercase paths sometimes helps.== Usage ==
Note: If you're behind firewall ConTeXt suite works in a non-interfering manner because it does not put anything in your <code>$PATH</code> and rsync times out does not set any system variables. This in turn means that in order to use it, you need to open port 873 for outgoing TCP connectionsdo some initialization. An intialization script called <code>setuptex</code> is provided in <code>installation-dir/tex/</code>.
You may not have MikTeX or TeX Live installed - the two installations will interfere with each other.To run context from a terminal, source <code>setuptex</code>:
Just download and run [http: source /installation-dir/minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installertex/ContextMinimalInstall.exe the installer] and hope for the best.setuptex
Download If you always use ConTeXt suite and unzip [http:'''never''' use LaTeX or plain TeX provided by another TeX distribution, you can add the following line to the startup script of your shell (For bash, the startup script is <code>$HOME//minimals.contextgarden.netbashrc</setupcode>; for zsh it is <code>HOME/context-setup-mswin.zip context-setup-mswinzshrc</code>).zip]
Run <code>first source /installation-setup.bat<dir/tex/code>, go for a coffee.setuptex
Before being able Then <code>setuptex</code> will always be sourced in your terminal. === Integrating with an editor === The easiest way to use run ConTeXt you need from an editor is to run open a terminal, source {{code|setuptex.bat to initialize }} in the terminal, and then open your editor '''from the environmentsame terminal'''. A simple way to do it Another option is to create a file add {{code|/installation-dir/tex/texmf-<codeplatform>startcontext.bat</bin}} to the {{code> (use any name) somewhere in |$PATH and put this line into it}} that the editor searches. The details vary depending on the editor. See [[Text Editors]] for instructions on integrating ConTeXt with various editors. == Updating ==
CFor updating the ConTeXt suite, first update <code>first-setup.sh</code>, then run it. You couldalso create an alias or a little script “ctx-update”with the following example contents:\Programs\<pre>cd /opt/context\tex\setuptexrsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.bat C:\Programs\context\texnet/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all</pre>
Then, you can type To update retain currently-installed modules:<codepre>startcontextsh ./first-setup.sh --keep</codepre> into CMD whenever you want to use ConTeXt Minimals instead of MikTeX.
\starttext Hello World! \stoptextConTeXt suite does not touch anything outside its installation folder. So to uninstall it, you can simply remove the installation folder.
Now, you should be able to run context hello.texor texexec hello.tex== Remaking formats ==
<code>context</code> uses LuaTeX by defaultNormally, the update script should create the formats for you.If for some reason you need to recreate the formats, you can do the following:
= Goals =* For making MKII format.
We wanted to provide: mktexlsr* an easy to (no texexec -need-tomake -)install ConTeXt distribution* a '''fast and convenient way to update ConTeXt and binaries to the latest version''' ''(no need to fetch 100 MB when only minimal modifications have been made in the distribution)''* a reference ConTeXt distribution* an easy way to revert to an older ConTeXt (in case the latest one is broken)-all
We do not plan to provide:* LaTeX packages ''(perhaps the really-basic-latex as an add-on package, but only if someone else has time to investigate what is needed)''* extensive support for whatever binaries or packages which are otherwise standard in TeX distributions: use TeX Live or MikTeX for that purposeFor making XeTeX format
The minimals contain: mktexlsr* ConTeXt* Fonts: most important TeX texexec --aware ones* pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX and Metapost (latest version, if possible)* formats (need to be generated by user) for** ConTeXt, mptopdf and plain TeX for pdfTeX/XeTeX/LuaTeX** metafun and plain for Metapost* ''it would be nice to have tex4ht as a package if someone can figure out what is needed to make it work''--xtx --all
= Supported platforms =* For making MKIV format
* Windows mtxrun --generate* Linux (compiled with glibc 2.3.6)* Linux, 64 context -bit* Mac OS X Intel* Mac OS X PowerPC* FreeBSD* (Solaris)* other platforms on request (please send a mail to the ntg-context mailing list)make
== Prerequisites ==If you want to use ConTeXt suite alongside MikTeX/TeXLive (needed if you also run LaTeX), follow the command-line installation method.
You need to have two packages preinstalled:* rsync* ruby (at least 1.8)== Installation ==
'''Please {{note that |You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the location or name of that simple installation script may change!''' ''(It's a really stupid onenewer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the older, one could also call it a prototyperarely-updated MkIV distribution.)''}}
The needed files are under:* http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/Well, to be honest, all you need to run it on linux/mac is this script (the rest of files will be downloaded autematically):* http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/linux/ first-setup.sh (<code>rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/linux/first-setup.sh .</code>)Take a look at it, modify it if needed and run it. On Windows you can either take that command-line version from the zip or* [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe Vyatcheslav's Windows Installer] with a GUIbat
It will download about 200 MBThis takes a long time, so go have a coffee.
== Running ==By default, the suite installs ConTeXt beta. If you want the stable version of ConTeXt, you can use
Just like for the old minimals, you have to add a command like first-setup.bat --context=latest
source /opt/context/tex/setuptex /opt/context/tex By default, the suite does ''not'' install modules and other third party content. If you want the modules (and have the bandwidth), you can use
to your system startup first-setup.bat --modules=all
== Updating ==
For now, If the main recipe above installation instructions don't seem to update is to run <code>first-setup</code> again. A command similar to <code>ctxtools --updatecontext</code> might be provided in the futureanswer your questions, see page [[Windows_Installation:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_SciTe| Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe]] for more detailed information.
(The installation script uses <code>rsync</code> to fetch the required files. So, if you are behind a proxy server, you need to tell the details to rsync. The easiest way to set this will move is to a better placeset <code>RSYNC_PROXY</code> variable in the terminal as (replace username, password, proxyhost and proxyport with the correct information)
* document environmental variables/different modes of installation* split LM from rest of or set the fonts* --all switch to get all modules and all fonts* add font metric files from cont-fntvariable permanently as a Windows environment variable.zip* add Charis SIL* fix mvs* add the lua configuration file
== Other notes ==Sometimes, when behind a firewall, port 873 may be closed for outgoing TCP connections. If port 22 is open for ssh connections, a trick that can be used is to connect to a computer located somewhere outside of the firewall and to tunnel port 873 (using the program <code>nc</code>).
This is a description of how the first installation and any subsequent updates should work (or how it would be nice if they worked that way): export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG='ssh tunnelhost nc %H 873'
We need to:* create files where <code>README INSTALLtunnelhost</code>* create a file is the machine outside of the firewall on which you have <code>minimals.luassh</code> (or some other self-explanatory name):** <b>rsync location</b> (default: <code>rsync://contextgardenaccess.net/minimals</code>Of course, could be anything)** ??? <b>installation location</b> (default is simply the current location (this machine must have <code>pwdnc</code>))** <b>engines</b> (default: all - pdftex, xetex, luatex, metapost)** <b>formats</b> (default: english + dutch context for all the installed engines, metapost, metafun; optional: other interfaces, plain pdftex, xetex)** <b>fonts</b> (need to be reorganized/improved anyway, perhaps a list of fonts should be fetched)** once in the future: <b>supported font encodings and port 873 open for pdftex</b> (default: texnansi, ec, optional: greek, t5, t2a, t2b, t2c, outgoing TCP connections...)** <b>third party modules</b> (list needs to be fetched form the garden, default)** <b>context version</b> (default: current, other options: beta, highly-experimental (for "Hans-and-Taco-only"), specific-date <font color="red">in the case of a fixed version issue a warning at next update</font>)** <b>interactive flag</b>: shoud the script ask for changes interactively again or should it simply reaspect & use them (defaut: interactive for the first time, after that automatic)
* improve <code>first-setup(.sh, .bat)</code> (or with some other self-explanatory name), which:** checks if rsync exists (if not, an error is issued, saying <code>please install rsync first</code>)** checks for perl and ruby and issues a similar error/warning (in fact, we can still proceed to the next step and download things even if perl & ruby are not installed, but that doesn't make much sense)** does rsync to installation files themselves (in case mtx-update has changed in the mean time)** reads in <code>minimals.lua</code> (which engines, formats, fonts, modules to download ...) if interactive is set to true, ask for default settings again, otherwise respect those settings and continue** asks for installation location** creates (or updates) the file with settings (if interactive)** fetch files with rsync** create formats** suggest what to put into <code>.bash_profile</code> (or equivalent locations) to have context initilized automatically== Usage ==
* add unzip for windowsBefore running ConTeXt, you need to run <code>setuptex.bat</code> which is provided in <code>installation-dir\tex\</code>. This can be done by typing installation-dir\tex\setuptex.bat
= Binaries =on cmd.exe before you run ConTeXt. To avoid always having to type this, you can create a shortcut to cmd.exe and edit the command line to read (assuming you installed the suite in <code>C:\Programs</code>; otherwise replace <code>C:\Programs\</code> with your installation directory)
Binaries are mostly taken from TeX Live 2007, but new ones are used whenever available C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k C:\Programs\context\tex\setuptex.bat
== Origin of This starts up a new command shell with the binaries ==environment pre-loaded. Within the new shell you can just type <code>context</code> to run ConTeXt. E.g.
* TeX Live 2007 for most binaries and most platforms* Akira's [http C://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32\> context -ptex/web2c75-e.html W32TeX] for windows binaries (including metapost, LuaTeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX) - automatic* for pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX and metapost for other platforms added manually whenever possible (nice if it could be automated, but no idea how)* texmf/scripts/context/stubs from ConTeXtversion
== List of included binaries ==to check that you are running the version you think you're running.
=== Other binaries ===# Run <code>setuptex.bat</code> in DOS command prompt* ''kpathsea''# In the same DOS prompt, enter Cygwin by running <code>cygwin.bat</code> (in your Cygwin installation directory)** kpseaccess** kpsestat** kpsewhich* ''different tools''** bibtex** dvipos** mktexlsr** pdftosrc# Under Cygwin prompt, run <code> context.cmd test.tex </code>. Note that the <code>.cmd</code> extension is needed under Cygwin.
=== FontIf you used the command line method, just run <code>first-related ===''Might be removed or moved setup.bat</code> again to a special category of "font-related binaries", and only available as an additional packageupdate the suite.''* ''only left for testing** afm2pl** afm2tfm** ttf2afm* Knuth's** pltotf** tftopl** vftovp** vptovf
=== Might-be-removed-soon ===
* dvipdfmx
* dvips
The Minimals provide several versions of ConTeXt:* stable* beta (suggested for living-on-If you used thecommand-edge ones; will default to stable if not available)* alpha (rarely used; will use beta if not available)* experimental (only for testing - not meant for general use)* date-based ones (currenty only a few versions available - planning to improve)You line installer, you can use --context=XXXjust delete the installation directory to get uninstall the desired versionsuite.
= Fonts =
Fonts are split in three packages:* used in both pdfTeX and XeTeX/LuaTeX: mostly math (pfb, map, enc, tfm)* used in pdfTeX only: pfb, map, enc, tfm (those that are not present in "common")* used in XeTeX/LuaTeX only: otf== Troubleshooting ==
Currently we have * rsync sometimes has problems with paths with uppercase letters (the latest version, in sync with CTANlike <code>c:\Temp</code> or <code>C:\Documents and Settings</code>):. Installing into all-lowercase paths without spaces sometimes helps.* Latin ModernDirectory-name length may also have an effect, due to Windows's 8.3 filename conventions. An indicator is if running "texexec --lua" on a file produces missing-file warnings containing Windows-created 8-character directory names, such as "C:\CONTEX~1\tex", where your ConTeXt directory is really "C:\context_minimals\tex". Be conservative and choose a short name like "C:\ctm\tex". Also, this may even work when an 8-character-or-less directory name like "C:\ctexmin\tex" doesn't.* Antykwa Torunska* Iwona & Kurier* TeX GyreIf you're behind firewall and rsync times out, you need to open port 873 for outgoing TCP connections.* amsIf you update luaTeX occasionally you may get something like
Other fonts to be added<code>engine mismatch (luv:* TODOThis is LuaTeX, Version beta-<version>-<date1> (TeX Live 2013/dev)(rev <number1>) <> bin: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-<version>-<date1> (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX)(rev <number2>)), forcing remake</code>
It is possible In which case your format will be remade every time you compile a file. In /texmf-mswin make sure that we'll provide a really minimal package with LM only, luatex.exe and additional three packages (common, for new TeX, for old TeX) with all texlua.exe have the same date; then also delete luatex.dll. This usually solves the other fontsproblem.
* fonts/data/<foundry>/<family|distro>/*= Installing third party modules =
* lm The ConTeXt suite only comes with Taco's [[Bibliography|t-bib]] module. If you want to install [http: always* gyre : all of them in one set//modules.contextgarden.net/ a new module], say Wolfgang's [[Letter|t-letter]] module, optionalyou can use* rest : optional first-setup.sh --modules="t-letter"
= ThirdIf you want to install more than one extra module, you can separate them by commas. So, to install the t-letter and t-mathsets module, do sh ./first-setup.sh --party modules & Other ="t-letter,t-mathsets"
* TODOIf you want to install all extra modules at once, do* also cont sh ./first-* from Hans's pagesetup.sh --modules=all
TODOIf, for some reason, you want to revert to an older installation, you can do that by
See where <code>date</code> is the date of one of the stable releases of ConTeXt. The complete list of old releases that are available is [[New ConTeXt Minimals (Implementation)|implementation]http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/context/ here] page.
= Hans's requests =
* reorganize fonts into fonts/data/e-foundry/texgyre/<everything>* list directory contents* list of files to fetch an old ConTeXt version= Moving the installation tree around =
= Who are “we”? =According to this post, http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20101129.144331.d721372f.en.html it's safe to move the installation tree across directory or machines (say you don't have broadband access). You just have to clean and regenerate the cache (./tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache) with mtxrun --generate
''Ein Teil von jener Kraft, / Die stets das Böse will, und stets das Gute schafft.'' <code>:-)= Notes =<references/code>
Tell users to install LMTX instead
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{| style="border:1px solid #DDDDDD;"|- align="left" ! Platform! Short name! Notes|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Windows| mswin| from [http://w32tex.org W32TeX]|- align="left"! Windows/CygWin| cygwin| same binaries as mswin|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Windows, 32 bit| win32| Alias for mswin|- align="left"! Windows, 64 bit| win64| |- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Linux, 32-bit| linux| Debian 8|- align="left"! Linux, 64-bit| linux-64| Debian 8|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Linux, ARM (tlow end.)csh users can use the variant| linux-arm| Raspbian 8|- align="left"! Linux, musl| linuxmusl-64| Alpine|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Mac OS X, Intel (64-bit)| osx-64| Mac OS X 10.6|- align="left"! FreeBSD, 32-bit| freebsd||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! FreeBSD, 64-bit| freebsd-amd64||- align="left"! OpenBSD 6.4, 32-bit| openbsd6.4||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! OpenBSD 6.4, 64-bit| openbsd6.4-amd64||- align="left"! OpenBSD 6.5, 32-bit| openbsd6.5||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! OpenBSD 6.5, 64-bit| openbsd6.5-amd64||- align="left"! Solaris, Intel source ~| solaris-intel| Solaris 10 on [http:/context/texwww.opencsw.org/setuptexabout/ OpenCSW]|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Solaris, Sparc| solaris-sparc| Solaris 10 on [http://www.opencsw.cshorg/about/ OpenCSW]|}
== Dependencies ==* Rsync (The following assumes that you want to use ConTeXt and you are a not inside unix world (otherwise, see before and after). It guides you to install ConTeXt minimal installation under Mac in the typical Applications folder. Then it gives you some informationabout how to configure [http://smultron.sourceforge.net/ Smultron] and [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/obtaining.html TeXShop] to work as an editor for ConTeXt.Smultron windows binary of rsync is a mac-only, open source text editor which is very easy to use and at distributed within the same time powerful (see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smultron]suite).
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#!Create the /binopt/context directory -- change as appropriate or desired if you # want a different installation directory. cd /opt mkdir context cd context # Fetch the install script (use rsync on the mac, see above) wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go have a coffee # Flags you can add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all
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=== Using installer Terminal/Command line ===
=== Using command-line tools Exclusive usage ===
== Testing Uninstalling ==
= Installation Windows =
== First Installation =Command line method ===Download [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip context-setup-mswin.zip] or [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-win64.zip context-setup-win64.zip], and unzip to a directory where you want to install ConTeXt. It is recommended that you choose a directory that does not have a space in its full path. Then open <code>cmd.exe</code>, go to the installation directory and run
= TODO = Proxy settings ==
set RSYNC_PROXY== Minor notes ==username:password@proxyhost:proxyport
=== Core binaries Use ConTeXt with Cygwin ===''We will do our best to keep them as up to date as possibleAfter installing the ConTeXt suite, you can run it under Cygwin. If they're still not up to date With Cygwin, you may use gmake and other Unix tools for your platform and you know where to find them, please notify us, we will fix thatautomated workflow. We might provide XeTeX and LuaTeX in separate packages (on TODO list).''* pdftex* luatex* texlua, texluac ''(only symlinks on "unix" platforms, in Akira's distribution luatex.dll is used + 3 small executables)''* xetex, xdvipdfmx* ''metapost''** dvitomp** makempx** mpost** mpto ''(can this be replaced by ConTeXt's variant in future?)''
==Updating = Stubs & other ConTeXt-related ===* everything from <code>texmf/scripts/context/stubs</code>* luatools, mtxrun* texmfstart ''(take the latest version by Hans automatically: doesn't happen yet)''
= ConTeXt = Uninstallation ==
= Documentation Reverting to an older installation =
sh ./first-setup.sh --context= Implementation =date
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