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== Install teTeX 3{{note|Releases of Debian (or any other distribution for that matter) usually contain way too old TeX distributions for ConTeXt MKIV (but should work fine for MKII).0 ==If you want to live on bleeding edge, consider using the packages from Debian/unstable, [[ConTeXt Standalone]], or at least install the latest version of [[TeX Live]] with [[TLContrib]] manually.}}
Lucky Debian users can install official == Install the ConTeXt packages from <code>testing</code>or from <code>unstable</code>.==
Just do: # apt-get install tetex-bin tetex-extraThe status of ConTeXt in Debian/unstable is currently up to date with TeX Live 2021, and includes all the necessary bits and pieces, plus the modules shipped in TeX Live.
You may verify it withIf you are running Debian sid or later, then the <code>context</code> and <code>dpkg -l tetexcontext-bin tetex-extramodules</code>,it packages should show something like Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii tetex-bin 3already be visible.0-14 The teTeX binary files ii tetex-extra 3.0-14 Additional library files of teTeXThen do
== Install a [[pdfTeX]] aptitude update == aptitude install context context-modules
Since the Debian tetex* The final version in debian bullseye (aka debian stable 11.2) is 2020.03.10.20200331-bin package already contains 1* In ''unstable'' is a pdftex program, this update version that is optional and ConTeXt should work even if from the release of pdftex provided by tetex-bin is a little bit old. TeX Live 2021
Fetch the 1.30.6 release (tar or zip archive) from [[http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex sarovar]]=== Install latest unstable context . deb package ===
From within the directory where you downloaded the archive file, execute the following series of commands:<codett> # unzip pdftex-1.30.6.zip # cd pdftex-1.30.6unstable</codett>means ''(mature) development'', the version number may changes. The software is ''stable''
Edit 1. Download the buildtwo .sh file and add a valid datadir optiondeb-s http:<code> .//packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context/download http://packages.debian.org/srcunstable/configure \ --datadir=all/usr/share \ context--without-bibtex8 \ ...<modules/code>download
Then 2. run buildas root (the version number might have increased a bit) dpkg --install context_2021.sh:<code> # sh 03.05./build20220211-1_all.shdeb</code> mtxrun --generate
If the build went OK, then the last four lines of terminal output are theactual binaries and pool files for pdftex and pdfetex3. These have to replacerun as usertheir existing counterparts in the teTeX installation. mtxrun --generate
'''Note:''' The next commands assume that <tt>`which pdfetex`</tt> can actually find the executables from teTeXStep 2. If it doesn't workis currently still necessary, then your PATH does not include the teTeX binaries directory yetbut soon an update of tex-common will run mtxrun --generate automatically when packages have changed (like mktexlsr), and you should fix that firstthere will be no need to run this anymore. Likewise for <tt>`kpsewhich pdfetex.pool`</tt>
<code> # cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex `which pdfetex` # cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetexStep 3.pool `kpsewhich pdfetexneeds to be done only when you have files in TEXMFHOME or you change things there.pool` # fmtutil-sys --all</code>
== Install You have now a [[MetaPost]] update ==system wide context-installation!
Update MetaPost is strongly recommended!== See also ==
The included MetaPost in teTeX is a bit outdated. If you want, you can fetch and install the latest MetaPost from sarovar. The current release is 0.901.Just download the source tarball from the [[http://sarovar.org/projects/metapost project page]] From the directory where you downloaded the archive file, execute the following series of commands:<code> # tar xjf metapost-0.901.tar.bz2 # cd metapost-0.901 # ./Build # cp texmf/metapost/base/* /usr/share/texmf-tetex/metapost/base # cd build/texk/web2c # cp -f mpost dvitomp mpware/dmp mpware/mpto mpware/newer mpware/makempx \ /usr/bin # cp -f mp.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c # texhash # fmtutil-sys --byfmt mpost</code> == Install a [[Latin Modern]] font update == Under Debian, root as just to ask : <code> # apt-get install lmodern pts-tetex-cm-super</code> The configuration/update is handled by apt-get On newer versions you do<code> # apt-get install lmodern cm-super</code> == Install the latest ConTeXt == Fetch the current distro from Pragma ADE:[[http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip cont-tmf.zip]] I would advise installing context in ~/texmf (~ refers to the current user home directory), rather than as the system default for every user on the machine. Once you're happy that it works for you, you could install it system-wide (TODO: need to give those instructions for Debian...). mkdir texmf cd texmf wget http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip unzip cont-tmf.zip texexec --make The Debian tetex-3.0 package (and probably the vanilla tetex-3.0) in combination with <tt>texexec</tt> puts user-generated format files in <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/<i>engine</i></tt> where <i>engine</i> is typically <tt>pdfetex</tt>. If you don't have such a directory, and you are using the default tetex configuration, tell the mailing list so that this installation information can be corrected! Now you have two problems to correct: (1) there may be other, probably older context formats hanging around in <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/</tt> (i.e. above where <tt>texexec</tt> put the new ones), and the path searching code may find the older ones instead of the newer ones; (2) the path searching code may not find the newer ones at all, because it doesn't search subdirectories of <tt>web2c/</tt> (and you don't want it to automatically search all subdirectories, because there may be several different engines, e.g. <tt>pdfetex</tt>, <tt>xetex</tt>, etc. each with its own set of formats, and you want it to find the correct set, not just the first set it happens to run across). So, to take care of problem 1, which is the older context formats, you need delete them and stop <tt>fmtutil</tt> from making more of them. A likely location for them is <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/</tt> (i.e. not in a subdirectory of it). When I ran <tt>texexec</tt>, it made <tt>cont-en.fmt</tt>, <tt>cont-nl.fmt</tt>, and <tt>mptopdf.fmt</tt> in <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/</tt> and they were shadowed by the older ones: <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/cont-en.fmt</tt>, etc. So I deleted the older ones. If you can't find them, use <tt>kpsewhich cont-en.fmt</tt> (and similarly for the other formats). Run the <tt>kpsewhich</tt> from a 'typical' directory (e.g. your home directory), rather than from <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/</tt> (adjust for your engine), otherwise it will find the newly created formats before any others. Now part 1b: stop <tt>fmtutil</tt> making context-related formats (because it puts them in the wrong place, i.e. it doesn't use the <i>engine</i> information). As <tt>root</tt>: emacs -nw /etc/texmf/fmt.d/01tetex.cnf Or choose your favorite editor. Comment out (with a <tt>#!</tt>) the lines for <tt>mptopdf</tt>, <tt>cont-en</tt>, and any other <tt>cont-*</tt> formats not already commented out. Now generate a new system-wide configuration file (which in the default Debian (?) tetex-3.0 setup is in <tt>/var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf</tt>): update-fmtutil Now to fix problem 2: the path searching code doesn't look in subdirectories of <tt>web2c/</tt> for formats. As mentioned above, you don't want it to blindly look in all of the subdirectories. Instead it should look in the subdirectory according to the <i>engine</i>. To do this, edit the <tt>TEXFORMATS</tt> line in <tt>/etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf</tt> to have the engine-searching magic: TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{$engine,{Installation navbox}} Now generate a new <tt>texmf.cnf</tt> with (still as root): update-texmf That should generate a new <tt>/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf</tt>, which is symlinked from <tt>/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf</tt>. With luck, you are done. In the next step you will check whether everything is working by running <tt>texexec --version</tt>. == Finished! == That should do it! The output of <code>texexec --version</code> is hopefully like this:<code> TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2005.10.27 cont-en : ver: 2005.10.27 fmt: 2005.11.1 mes: english</code>
See also the [[Debian TeXlive install]] page.
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