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<font color="red"><b>Warning</b></font>: the repositories have been changed on January 17th. Please update <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> appropriately. == Quickstart for the impatient == (all done as root) If you have the tetex packages, get rid {{note|Releases of them:  apt-get --purge remove tetex-{extra,doc,bin,base} If you are running Debian unstable (a.k.a. sidor any other distribution for that matter), then the <code>context</code> package should already be visible (and the <code>context-nonfree</code> and <code>context-doc-nonfree</code> packages are in the nonfree repository). If you are not running unstable, simply add these lines to your <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>:  <nowiki> # for texlive deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/usually contain way too old TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ # distributions for lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ # for context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ </nowiki> It ConTeXt MKIV (but should work with ''etch'' as well (''etch'' is the current stable release, as of May 2007fine for MKII), both on intel and ppc platform. With either distribution, now install the packages:  apt-get update apt-get install cm-super texlive-fonts-recommended context context-nonfree context-doc-nonfree The texlive and lmodern packages will be installed automatically by the above line.Check that If you're now using the new version of ConTeXt:  ctxtools --contextversion Read on for more details of the installation, if you are curious. <b>Warning</b>: The next update of these packages will probably ''not'' work with ''etch'' because ''etch'' has a too-old version of libpoppler-dev (0.4 instead of 0.5). == Use TeXLive packages == The context packages depend want to live on [http://www.tug.org/texlive TeXLive]bleeding edge, so if you are consider 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 change to TeXLive. You'll have to do so eventually since teTeX 3.0 will be the last upstream release of teTeX. If not now, when? If you are switching from teTeX, it's important to <b>purge<Debian/b>unstable, not just remove the <tt>tetex-*</tt> packages before installing the TeXLive packages. Otherwise the teTeX configuration files, including those in <tt>/etc/texmf/texmf.d/</tt> and <tt>/etc/texmf/fmt.d/</tt>, will haunt the system like a ghost. To 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[[Debian TeXlive installConTeXt Standalone]], though if you are brave you can just try:  apt-get update && apt-get install texlive Once you've installed the basic packages, you'll need a few extras:  apt-get install lmodern cm-super texlive-fonts-recommended == Check for shadowing formats and macros == These installation instructions describe a system-wide install. But individual users may have followed the old directions on this page and (sorry!) made a per-user ConTeXt installation; or as root you may have done a system-wide install in, for example, <tt>/usr/local/share/texmf</tt> or other directory that shadows <tt>/usr/share/texmf</tt>. In either case, the system-wide at least install from the packages won't be seen.  If individual users prefer to shadow the system-wide install and to run their downloaded versions, that's fine. But if they want to use the system-wide install (recommended except for those who are testing Hans's latest versions...), then there are two issues. The first issue is old format files. If a user has format files in <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/<i>engine</i></tt> where <i>engine</i> is typically <tt>pdfetex</tt>, then these will shadow the ones installed by the context package. So the user should delete the ConTeXt-related ones, such as <tt>cont-*.fmt</tt>, <tt>mptopdf.fmt</tt>, and <tt>metafun.mem</tt>. To find them, the user can do:  kpsewhich cont-en.fmt or kpsewhich -engine pdfetex cont-en.fmt (and similarly for the other formats). Run it from a 'typical' directory (e.g. <tt>~</tt>), rather than from <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/</tt> (adjust for your engine), otherwise it will find the newly created formats before any others even if they are not shadowing anything else. The second issue is the ConTeXt macros. If a user has installed them a directory that shadows <tt>/usr/share/texmf</tt>, then they will be found rather than the system-wide ones. So move the shadowing context installations out version of the way. The user can check [[TeX Live]] with  kpsewhich cont-new.tex and make sure that it's not finding any (until you do the system-wide install, of course)[[TLContrib]] manually.}}

Norbert Preining has produced reliable, complete The status of ConTeXt packages for in Debian, and they use very recent versions of ConTeXt (as of this update, which /unstable is 2008.10.11, the latest package has currently up to date with the 2008.05.21 version of ConTeXt). Here's how soon to use them.  If you are running Debian unstable (a.k.a. sid)be released TeX Live 2011, then and includes all the <code>context</code> package should already be visible (necessary bits and pieces, plus the <code>context-nonfree</code> and <code>context-doc-nonfree</code> packages are modules shipped in the nonfree repository). If you are not running unstable, simply add these lines to your <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>:  <nowiki> # for texlive deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ # for lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ # for context deb http://peopleLive.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/</nowiki> Either way, then do

apt-get update aptIf you are running Debian sid or later, then the <code>context</code> and <code>context-get install context modules</code> packages should already be visible (and the <code>context-nonfree </code> and <code>context-doc-nonfree</code> packages are in the nonfree repository).Then do

and apt will aptitude update aptitude install context context-modules # optional aptitude install [http://packages.debian.org/experimental/all/context/download and install the latest ConTeXt context-nonfree] [http://packages.debian.org/sid/context-doc-nonfree context-doc-nonfree]

Additionally, * The final version in particular if you intend on using mkiv debian squeeze (luatexaka debian stable 6.0) you may want to install the texis 2009.11.26-gyre package2(not yet in * In ''unstable as '' is a the license situation is unclear).Add these lines to your <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>:version that will be in TeX Live 2011

<nowiki> # for tex-gyre deb http://people.debian=== Install latest unstable context .org/~preining/TeX/ tex-gyre/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tex-gyre/ </nowiki>package ===

apt1. Download the two .deb-get updates apt-get install texhttp://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context/downloadhttp://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context-gyremodules/download

If you don't like the warnings about the GPG key, do this 2. run as yourself root (if you are happy to the version number might have increased a bit) trust the chain of trust; insert usual signingdpkg --install context_2011.05.18.20110627-1_all.deb mtxrun --key disclaimers here):generate

gpg --keyserver subkeys3.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x09C5B094run as user gpg --export --armor 0x09C5B094 | sudo apt mtxrun -key add -generate

[<tt>0x09C5B094</tt> was the key listed in one Step 2. is currently still necessary, but soon an update of Norbert Preining mail signatures. tex-common will The <code>sudo</code> adds the key run mtxrun --generate automatically when packages have changed (like mktexlsr), and there will be no need to apt's key listrun this anymore.]

That should do itYou have now a system wide context-installation! The output of <code>ctxtools --contextversion</code> is hopefully like this: