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== Linux Unix (linux/bsd/...) ==
In decreasing order of simplicity, here are a few options:
* (simplest) If you distribution supports [[TeX Live]] packages, use them. Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Gentoo, Fedora, Arch and Mandriva (if not too old) do so. See [[Debian installation]] or [[Ubuntu installation]].
* Otherwise, use a fresh [[TeX Live]] installation. The problem with this method is that you'll probably have to redo the installation once a year, when the new TeX Live DVD comes out.If you will use TeX Live, you have to delete the distribution-provided teTeX packages (if they exist). If you are running an rpm-based distribution (RedHat, Fedora, Mandrake, Mandriva etc.), then you can most easily uninstall them like so:
rpm --qa | grep tetex
rpm --erase <package-names>
<code>rpm</code>'s dependencies will tell you what other TeX-related packages are installed but don't have 'tetex' in their names!
FreeBSD also still contains teTeX in its ports distribution (with many dependencies). These packages can be deleted as follows: pkg_info | grep tetex pkg_delete tetex\* OtherwiseNote, however, use a fresh [[TeX Live]] installation. The problem with this method is that you'll probably have to redo the installation once a year, when the new TeX Live DVD comes out.If you teTeX will use TeX Live, you have to delete the distributionagain be pulled-provided teTeX in by other packages (, for example if they exist)options installing formatted documentation are activated.
* Alternatively, if you need '''just ConTeXt and no LaTeX''', you can use the [[ConTeXt Standalone]] installation. The ConTeXt Standalone installation does not require the de-installation of other TeX distributions and can be used in parallel.
=== Debian / (K)Ubuntu ===
Debian_TeXlive_install(Debian/linux and Debian/kfreebsd)
* [[Debian installation| install ConTeXt on Debian]]
* [[Ubuntu installation| install ConTeXt on Ubuntu]]
* texlive-context-2010-33.1.noarch.rpm
* texlive-context-2009-26.1.noarch.rpm
=== freeBSD ===
FreeBSD still relies on teTeX in the ports collection. Alternately, TeXlive is now available as a branch extension, see [http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-texlive/wiki/Installing] and [http://romain.blogreen.org/blog/2011/08/texlive-2011-on-freebsd/], until migration to the main ports branch is completed. [[TeX Live]] as a standalone installation will run on all recent versions of freeBSD (7, 8, 9); The [[ConTeXt Standalone]] installation is compiled for the latest stable release (currently 8.2).
== Mac OS X ==
