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== Use TeXLive {{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). 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.}}
The context packages depend on [http://www.tug.org/texlive TeXLive], so if you are using == Install the Debian teTeX ConTeXt packages (e.g. see whether tetex-base is installed by doing "dpkg -l tetex-base"), it's time to make the change to TeXLive. You'll have to do it eventually since teTeX 3.0 will be its last upstream release. So if not now, when?==
If you are switching from teTeX, it's important The status of ConTeXt in Debian/unstable is currently up to <b>purge</b>date with TeX Live 2021, not just remove and includes all the <tt>tetex-*</tt> packagesnecessary bits and pieces, before installing the TeXLive packages. Otherwise plus the teTeX packages's configuration files, including those modules shipped in <tt>/etc/texmf/texmf.d/</tt> and <tt>/etc/texmf/fmtTeX Live.d/</tt>, will remain like a ghost haunting the system. One way to do that is
apt-get --purge remove tetex-{extra,doc,bin,base} The directions for using TeXLive If you are at http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html .Once you've installed the basic packages, you'll need a few extras: apt-get install texlive-metapost lmodern cm-super == Install the ConTeXt packages == Norbert Preining has produced reliable, complete ConTeXt packages for running Debiansid or later, and they use very recent versions of ConTeXt (as of this writing, which is 2007.01.05, then the latest package has the 2007.01.02 version of ConTeXt). Here's how to use them. Add these two lines to your <code>context</etccode> and <code>context-modules</apt/sourcescode> packages should already be visible.list :Then do
deb <nowiki>http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/</nowiki> aptitude update aptitude install context context/ deb-src <nowiki>http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/</nowiki> context/modules
Then do* The final version in debian bullseye (aka debian stable 11.2) is 2020.03.10.20200331-1* In ''unstable'' is a version that is from the TeX Live 2021
apt-get update apt-get install === Install latest unstable context context-nonfree context-doc-nonfree.deb package ===
and apt will download and install <tt>unstable</tt> means ''(mature) development'', the latest ConTeXt packagesversion number may changes.The software is ''stable''
== Steps to finish a first 1. Download the two .deb-s http://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context upgrade ==/downloadhttp://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context-modules/download
If you 2. run as root (the version number might have format files in increased a bit)<tt>~/ dpkg --install context_2021.texmf03.05.20220211-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 package1_all. deb So you need delete them.mtxrun --generate
To find them, use <tt>kpsewhich cont-en.fmt</tt> (and similarly for the other formats)3. run as user Run the <tt>kpsewhich</tt> from a 'typical' directory (e.g. your home directory), rather than from <tt>~/.texmfmtxrun --var/web2c/pdfetex/</tt> (adjust for your engine), otherwise it will find the newly created formats before any others.generate
If you have context installed in a directory that precedes <tt>/usr/share/texmf</tt>Step 2. is currently still necessary, then they but soon an update of tex-common will shadow the ones installed by the packagerun mtxrun --generate automatically when packages have changed (like mktexlsr), and you will get a clash (the format files will be the ones installed by the package, but later versions there will be read in). So you no need to move the shadowing context installations out of the wayrun this anymore.
== Finished! ==Step 3. needs to be done only when you have files in TEXMFHOME or you change things there.
That should do itYou have now a system wide context-installation! The output of <code>ctxtools --contextversion</code> (run as you, not as root) is hopefully like this:
<code> CtxTools | context version: 2007.01.02 13:44 (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.tex) CtxTools | context version: 2007.01.02 13:44 (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex)</code>== See also ==
The long path to <tt>context.tex</tt> and <tt>cont-new.tex</tt> show where the system thinks the context macros are installed. Make sure your installation is finding those versions.{{Installation navbox}}
See also the [[Debian TeXlive install]] page.
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