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< {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation]] | '''[[ConTeXt Minimals/Tree]]''' | [[ConTeXt Minimals/Structure]] | [[ConTeXt Minimals/Implementation]] | [[ConTeXt Minimals/TODO]] | [[install the newer ConTeXt Minimals/ContentsLMTX]] >. 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.
= Installation =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.
You need '''rsync''', '''ruby''', around 200 MB free disk space (might change with time) and one of supported == Supported platforms (see below).==
Go to a folder where you want to put ConTeXt. We'll assume The installation into script uses <code>~/contextrsync</code>to fetch the required files. So, but if you can install it anywhere where are behind a proxy server, you have writing permissionsneed to tell the details to rsync. You can install several copies The easiest way to set this is to several places without interferenceset <code>RSYNC_PROXY</code> variable in the terminal or your startup script (<code>. ''(Mac users can also take a look at [[ConTeXt Minimalsbashrc</Mac Installation]]code> or the corresponding file for your shell).)'' Replace username, password, proxyhost and proxyport with the correct information
mkdir context && cd context rsync -ptv rsync export RSYNC_PROXY=username://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . ./first-setup.sh''... go and have a coffee ...''password@proxyhost:proxyport
=== Usage: permanent ===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>).
Put the following line to where <code>~/.bash_profiletunnelhost</code> or is the machine outside of the firewall on which you have <code>~ssh</code> access.bashrcOf course, this machine must have <code>nc</code>: source ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/tex(t)csh users can use the variant: source ~/context/tex/setuptexand port 873 open for outgoing TCP connections.csh
In theory it should already suffice to add <code>export PATH=~/context/tex/texmf-<platform>/bin:$PATH</code>.= Usage ==
=== Usage: temporary ===ConTeXt suite works in a non-interfering manner because it does not put anything in your <code>$PATH</code> and does not set any system variables. This in turn means that in order to use it, you need to do some initialization. An intialization script called <code>setuptex</code> is provided in <code>installation-dir/tex/</code>.
''(For those who often use LaTeX, but need the latest ConTeXt every now and then.)''=== Terminal/Command line ===
Just type . ~/To run context/tex/from a terminal, source <code>setuptex ~</context/texto switch from system-wide TeX distribution to the minimals inside current shell.code>:
=== Updating === source /installation-dir/tex/setuptex
For now just run <code>./first-setup.sh</code> again. This will change - the name is not most self-explanatory at the moment.In theory mtxrun --script updateshould work, but it has not been tested yet.=== Exclusive usage ===
=== Uninstalling ===If you always use ConTeXt suite and '''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/.bashrc</code>; for zsh it is <code>HOME/.zshrc</code>).
Just remove the folder (distribution did not touch anything else): rm source /installation-rf ~dir/tex/contextsetuptex
Thi is optional: only if you need to remake formats for some unexpected reason or use another interface (for example the German one):
== Windows == C:\> context --version
=== Installation: global & GUI ===to check that you are running the version you think you're running.
''(For those who don't need MikTeX/TeX Live === Use ConTeXt with Cygwin ===After installing the ConTeXt suite, you can run it under Cygwin. With Cygwin, you may use gmake and prefer Graphical user interfaceother Unix tools for your automated workflow.)''
Download and run [http:# Run <code>setuptex.bat</code> in DOS command prompt# In the same DOS prompt, enter Cygwin by running <code>cygwin.bat</minimalscode> (in your Cygwin installation directory)# Under Cygwin prompt, run <code> context.contextgardencmd test.nettex </setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstallcode>.exe Note that the GUI installer] (made by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky)<code>.cmd</code> extension is needed under Cygwin.
Slides from author's presentation can be downloaded [http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2008/talks/2008-08-21-vyatcheslav-win-installer/windows_installer.pdf here].== Updating ==
Use standard windows tool for uninstalling If you used the applicationcommand line method, just run <code>first-setup.bat</code> again to update the suite.
=== Installation: local & command-line ===
''(For those who need MikTeX/TeX Live and are comfortable with command-line.)''== Uninstallation ==
Download and unzip [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip context-setupIf you used the command-mswinline installer, you can just delete the installation directory to uninstall the suite.zip]
Run <code>first-setup.bat</code>, go for a coffee.
Before being able to use ConTeXt you need to run setuptex.bat to initialize the environment. A simple way to do it is to create a file <code>startcontext.bat</code> (use any name) somewhere in PATH and put this line into it== Troubleshooting ==
Then<code>engine mismatch (luv: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-<version>-<date1> (TeX Live 2013/dev)(rev <number1>) <> bin: This is LuaTeX, you can type Version beta-<version>-<codedate1> (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX)(rev <number2>startcontext)), forcing remake</code> into CMD whenever you want to use ConTeXt Minimals instead of MikTeX.
Another method is to create In which case your format will be remade every time you compile a shortcut to cmdfile. In /texmf-mswin make sure that luatex.exe and edit texlua.exe have the command line to read C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmdsame date; then also delete luatex.exe /k C:\Programs\context\tex\setuptexdll.bat C:\Programs\context\texThis starts up a new command shell with usually solves the environment pre-loadedproblem.
For uninstalling just delete the folder with minimals.= Installing third party modules =
* rsync sometimes has problems with paths with uppercase letters (like c:\Temp or c:\Documents and Settings). Installing into all-lowercase paths without spaces sometimes helps.* If you're behind firewall and rsync times out want to install more than one extra module, you need can separate them by commas. So, to open port 873 for outgoing TCP connectionsinstall the t-letter and t-mathsets module, do sh ./first-setup.sh --modules="t-letter,t-mathsets"
The minimals contain:* '''ConTeXt''': current, beta + some = Reverting to an older releases* '''Fonts''': most important TeX-aware ones* '''Binaries''': latest version of pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX, Metapost* '''Formats''' (need to be generated by user) for** ConTeXt, mptopdf and plain TeX for pdfTeX/XeTeX/LuaTeX** metafun and plain for Metapostinstallation =
See [[ConTeXt Minimals/Contents]].If, for some reason, you want to revert to an older installation, you can do that by
=== What to install ===* --'''platform'''=''name-where <code>date</code> is the date of one of-platform'' (see supported platforms; default: the one we are working on)* --'''engines'''=''stable releases of ConTeXt. The complete list-of-engines'' (options: luatex, xetex, pdftex, all; default: '''all''')* --'''context'''=''version'' (options: current, beta, alpha, ''yyyy.mm.dd''; default: '''current''')=== What to do ===* --'''force''' (as opposed to --dryrun; do the real thing; this old releases that are available is '''needed''') ''needs to be fixed''* --'''update''' (update minimal tree)* --'''make''' (make formats and generate file databases)* --state (update tree using saved state) ''needs to be implemented/fixed''* --keep (as apposed to --delete; don't delete unused or obsolete files) ''needs to be improved''=== Where to install ===* --'''texroot'''=''path'' (installation path; default: '''tex''')=== Rsync Server ===''(currently there's only one anyway)''* --'''server'''=''repository-url'' (default: '''<code>rsync[http://minimals.contextgarden.net</code>''')* --'''module'''=''string'' (default: '''minimals''')* --'''rsync'''=''name-of-rsync-binary'' (default: '''rsync''') ''Why do we need this?''current/context/ here].
= Supported platforms =
{| style="border:1px solid #DDDDDD;"|- alignMoving the installation tree around ="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Windows| mswin| Akira Kakuto (W32TeX)||- align="left"! Linux| linux| contextgarden.net| compiled with glibc 2.3.6|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Linux, 64-bit| linux-64| Peter Münster| we consider renaming it to linux-amd64|- align="left"! Linux, PowerPC| linux-ppc| Piotr Kopszak||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Mac OS X, Intel| osx-intel| Mojca Miklavec||- align="left"! Mac OS X, PowerPC| osx-ppc| Mojca Miklavec||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Mac OS X, Universal Binaries| osx-universal| Mojca Miklavec||- align="left"! FreeBSD| freebsd| Yue Wang, Diego Depaoli| we consider renaming it to freebsd-intel|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! FreeBSD, AMD64| freebsd-amd64| Michael Krauß| |- align="left"! Solaris, Intel| solaris-intel| Michael Krauß||- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Solaris, Sparc| solaris-sparc| Vladimir Volovich| compiled on solaris 8|}
Other platforms can be added on request provided that you are willing to keep sending us updates with recent versions of binaries. Please write to the ntg-context mailing list.= Notes =<references/>
See also [[ConTeXt Minimals/Implementation]].{{Installation navbox}}
Tell users to install LMTX instead
{{TOClimit|limit== Linux/Mac/FreeBSD/Solaris ==1}}
=== Prerequisites ==General Information =
{| 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 (low end.)| 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| solaris-intel| Solaris 10 on [http://www.opencsw.org/about/ OpenCSW]|- align="left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;"! Solaris, Sparc| solaris-sparc| Solaris 10 on [http://www.opencsw.org/about/ OpenCSW]|} * If you run into problems installing, check the available architectures in the minimal’s [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ setup folder]!* OpenBSD 6.4 binaries are compiled but are missing in the setup folder ATM (2019-07) If you want to support a new platform, please write to the [[Mailing Lists]] == Dependencies ==* Rsync (The windows binary of rsync is distributed within the suite) The following programs are not required for running ConTeXt, but their installation adds additional functionality. * curl : for including remote content* ghostscript : for converting PostScript images to PDF* graphicsmagick (convert) : for converting GIF and TIFF images* inkscape : for converting SVG and compressed SVG* mupdf (mudraw) : for 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 == Disc space required ==ConTeXt macro files are small (less than 10MB), but the suite comes with various free fonts which considerably increase the size of the distribution (to around 200MB). == 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. 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 this approach, 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>$HOME/context</code> directory. Open a terminal, then ... execute (Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris): {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}} <pre> mkdir ~/context cd ~/context wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh</pre> or (MacOS):<pre> mkdir ~/context cd ~/context rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .</pre>Since the Mac does not have `wget` pre-installed. Now run the `first-setup.sh` script:<pre> # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go have a coffee # Flags you can add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all</pre> == System-wide installation == A system wide installation is '''only''' recommended for experienced users. You will need administrator rights on the Mac as only administrators are allowed to install programs in the Applications folder, or root (sudo) privileges on other unix-like systems. * on Linux you can use <code>/opt/context</code>* on MacOS X you can use <code>/Applications/ConTeXt</code> Note that, at present, while ''using'' MkIV, you need to have write permissions for the <code>$TEXMFCACHE</code> directory. This effectively means that only one user will be able to generate the formats unless you set the group permissions appropriately. For example: * <code>CONTEXT_HOME=/opt/context</code>* <code>TEXMFCACHE=$CONTEXT_HOME/tex/texmf-cache</code>* <code>chmod -R g+w $TEXMFCACHE</code> {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}} <pre> # Create the /opt/context directory -- change as appropriate or desired if you # want a different installation directory. cd /opt mkdir context cd context # Fetch the install script (use rsync on the mac, see above) wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh # Install the latest beta of ConTeXt # This takes a long time, so go have a coffee # Flags you can add to the first-setup.sh call: # --modules=all # Install all third-party modules # --context=latest # Install latest stable version # --engine=luatex # Install only MkIV, leave out MkII # # This shrinks the install from 270 MB to 200 MB sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all # change ownership to real rather than effective id chown -R `id -r -u`:`id -r -g` .</pre> ===Cache=== To customize the cache directory and other options, see the [[Custom_Configuration|Custom Configuration]] page. ===Font Directory=== Add the OSFONTDIR into ./tex/setuptex. Go to under the line: # TODO: we could set OSFONTDIR on Mac for example (if you don't have the line above, go to the end of the file) and add there: export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts;$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 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 single-user or system-wide method listed above. In this case the solution is to install ConTeXt within 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. For example, in the case of the PHP web framework Laravel, ConTeXt can 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 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</pre> Once installed, you need to ensure that the permissions are correct for Apache to be able to access it (you will either need <code>sudo</code> privileges or root access): <pre>$ cd <path-to-document-root>/public$ sudo chmod -R www-data:www-data context</pre> Now as part of your application's invocation of ConTeXt, you will need to set up the shell environment. This is easily done by creating a simple BASH shell script, also to be installed in the public part of the document tree: <pre> #!/usr/bin/env bash # # proccontext.sh # # To be installed in <path-to-document-root>/public/bin . <path-to-document-root>/public/context/tex/setuptex <path-to-document-root>/public/context/tex cd tex/spool context $1 > /tmp/context_run.log</pre> Here the dynamically generated ConTeXt source file is expected to be found in the <code><path-to-document-root>/tex/spool</code> directory. Now within your application, you can invoke this shell script (in this case using PHP): <pre> $cmd = "bin/proccontext.sh $input_filename"; $last_line = system($cmd, $ret_val);</pre> And the output will once again be found in <code><path-to-document-root>/tex/spool</code>. ==Arch Linux==There’s a [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/context-minimals-git PKGBUILD] inthe AUR, provided by Aditya [https://github.com/adityam/context-pkgbuild].Install it using your favorite AUR frontend, e.g. <pre>yaourt -S context-minimals-git</pre> This will get you a fresh, up-to-date Context tree in<tt>/opt/context-minimals</tt>. == The funtoo way == If you are using [http://funtoo.org funtoo] there are ebuilds that will make an installation as easy as installing any other package from portage. Take a look at the [[ConTeXt Standalone Funtoo]] Howto. This might also work for [http://www.gentoo.org gentoo], but is untested right now. ==Proxy settings ==
export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG=''(For those who mostly use ConTeXt and [almost] never LaTeX.)'ssh tunnelhost nc %H 873'
Then <code>setuptex</code> will always be sourced in your terminal. === Integrating with an editor === The easiest way to run ConTeXt from an editor is to open a terminal, source {{code|setuptex}} in the terminal, and then open your editor '''from the same terminal'''. Another option is to add {{code|/installation-dir/tex/texmf-<platform>/bin}} to the {{code|$PATH}} that the editor searches. The details vary depending on the editor. See [[Text Editors]] for instructions on integrating ConTeXt with various editors. == Updating == For 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:<pre>cd /opt/contextrsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all</pre> To update retain currently-installed modules:<pre>sh ./first-setup.sh --keep</pre> == Uninstalling == ConTeXt suite does not touch anything outside its installation folder. So to uninstall it, you can simply remove the installation folder. == Remaking formats === Normally, the update script should create the formats for you. If for some reason you need to recreate the formats, you can do the following: * For making MKII format.
mktexlsr
texexec --make --all en de * For making XeTeX format mktexlsr texexec --make --xtx --all en de * For making MKIV format luatools mtxrun --generate context --make en de = Windows = If you want to use ConTeXt suite alongside MikTeX/TeXLive (needed if you also run LaTeX), follow the command-line installation method. == 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 {{note|You almost certainly want to [[Installation|install the newer ConTeXt LMTX]]. This guide is for installing the older, rarely-updated MkIV distribution.}} first-setup.bat This takes a long time, so go have a coffee. By default, the suite installs ConTeXt beta. If you want the stable version of ConTeXt, you can use first-setup.bat --context=latest 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 first-setup.bat --modules=all If the above installation instructions don't seem to answer your questions, see page [[Windows_Installation:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_SciTe| Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe]] for more detailed information. == Proxy settings == 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 is to set <code>RSYNC_PROXY</code> variable in the terminal as (replace username, password, proxyhost and proxyport with the correct information) set RSYNC_PROXY=username:password@proxyhost:proxyport or set the variable permanently as a Windows environment variable. 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>). export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG='ssh tunnelhost nc %H 873' 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. == Usage == Before 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 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) C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k C:\Programs\context\tex\setuptex.bat This starts up a new command shell with the environment pre-loaded. Within the new shell you can just type <code>context</code> to run ConTeXt. E.g.
* rsync sometimes has problems with paths with uppercase letters (like <code>c:\Temp</code> or <code>C:\Documents and Settings</code>). Installing into all-lowercase paths without spaces sometimes helps.* Directory-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:\ProgramsCONTEX~1\contexttex", where your ConTeXt directory is really "C:\context_minimals\tex". Be conservative and choose a short name like "C:\setuptexctm\tex".bat Also, this may even work when an 8-character-or-less directory name like "C:\Programs\contextctexmin\tex" doesn't.* If you're behind firewall and rsync times out, you need to open port 873 for outgoing TCP connections.* If you update luaTeX occasionally you may get something like
The ConTeXt suite only comes with Taco's [[Bibliography|t-bib]] module. If you want to install [http://modules.contextgarden.net/ a new module], say Wolfgang's [[Letter|t-letter]] module, you can use first-setup.sh --modules=== Troubleshooting ==="t-letter"
If you want to install all extra modules at once, do sh ./first-setup.sh --modules= Contents =all
sh ./first-setup.sh --context= Configuration =date
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
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