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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 -If you are running Debian sid or later, then the <code>context</code> and <code>context-purge remove tetex-{extra,doc,bin,base}modules</code> packages should already be visible.Then do
The full directions for using TeXLive are at http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html though if you are brave you can just try aptitude update aptitude install context context-modules
apt* The final version in debian bullseye (aka debian stable 11.2) is 2020.03.10.20200331-get update && apt-get install texlive1* In ''unstable'' is a version that is from the TeX Live 2021
Once you've installed the basic packages, you'll need a few extras:=== Install latest unstable context .deb package ===
apt-get install texlive-metapost lmodern cm-super<tt>unstable</tt> means ''(mature) development'', the version number may changes. The software is ''stable''
== Check for shadowing formats and macros ==1. Download the two .deb-s http://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context/downloadhttp://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context-modules/download
These installation instructions describe a system-wide install2. But individual users may have followed the old directions on this page and (sorry!) made a per-user ConTeXt installation. Those will shadow the system-wide install. If that's what they want to do, no problem. 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 run 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 root (and similarly for the other formats). Run it from version number might have increased a 'typical' directory (e.g. <tt>~</tt>), rather than from <tt>~/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/</tt> (adjust for your enginebit), 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 of the way. The user can check with kpsewhich contdpkg -new.tex and make sure that it's not finding any (until you do the system-wide install, of course). == Install the ConTeXt packages == Norbert Preining has produced reliable, complete ConTeXt packages for Debian, and they use very recent versions of ConTeXt (as of this writing, which is 2007context_2021.0103.05, the latest package has the 2007.01.02 version of ConTeXt). Here's how to use them. Add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources20220211-1_all.list : deb <nowiki>http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/</nowiki> context/ deb mtxrun --src <nowiki>http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/</nowiki> context/ Then dogenerate
apt-get update3. run as user apt-get install context context-nonfree context mtxrun -doc-nonfreegenerate
== 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.
→Install the ConTeXt packages: - typo fix
Step 2. is currently still necessary, but soon an update of tex-common will run mtxrun --generate automatically when packages have changed (like mktexlsr), and apt there will download and install the latest ConTeXt packagesbe no need to run this anymore.
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