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< [[Installation hints]] | [[TeX Distributions]] >  {{Installation navbox}} {{note | The officially recommended way of installing ConTeXt on all platforms is using [[ConTeXt Standalone|ConTeXt Suite]]}}  = Look before you leap = Most [[TeX Distributions]] include an installation of ConTeXt already.To see if it's installed on your system run context --version If it is not installed, there are two important considerations. * Do you want a '''ConTeXt distribution''' or do you want a '''TeX distribution''' (plain TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and lots of other goodies). * Do you want a '''stable''' version of ConTeXt, or do you want the '''bleeding edge''' version. Remember that ConTeXt gets updated frequently. If you are on a Linux system, there is also a third consideration: * Do you want a '''distribution package''', or do you want your own '''local TeX''' installation. = Installation =select your operating system == 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\*Note, however, that teTeX will again be pulled-in by other packages, for example if 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]]* [[Debian TeXlive install| install TeXlive on Debian]] === Fedora === Detils for [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora] version 11, 12 and 13 are at [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive Fedora Project Wiki TeX Live page] maintained by Jindrich Novy. The repository provides a snapshot of TeX Live 2010 tlpretest, and it includes very new ConTeXt packages and requires absolutely no manual configuration to get working Mk II and Mk IV. Highly recommended. === funtoo === If you are using [http://funtoo.org funtoo] there are ebuilds that will make an installation as easy as installing any other package from portage. Take a look at the [[ConTeXt Standalone Funtoo]] Howto. This might also work for [http://www.gentoo.org gentoo], but is untested right now. === openSUSE === OpenSUSE (starting from 10.3beta3) comes with TeX Live and offers also XeTeX. 10.3b3 contains ConTeXt 2007.01.12. You can [http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=context search for OpenSUSE packages online]In OpenSUSE 11.3 there are two packages available. * 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 "out of the box" on all recent versions of freeBSD (7, 8, 9) and extended support is available for earlier versions; The [[ConTeXt Standalone]] installation is compiled for the latest stable release (currently 8.2). === OpenBSD === * [[OpenBSD installation|OpenBSD]] == Mac OS X ==* [[Mac Installation]] == Windows ==There are two main TeX distributions for Windows wich contain a stable context* [[MikTeX]] (currently '''ConTeXt support is broken''')* [[TeX Live]] (provides stable ConTeXt) Use [[ConTeXt Standalone|ConTeXt Suite]], if you want up to date ConTeXt. * [[Windows Installation]] ''(if you are also using LaTeX or have a favourite editor)''* [[Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe]] ''(the "for dummies" version for those who haven't done any TeXing before)'' == Installation from source == * [[TeX Live | TeX Live installation]]: Specific installation instructions using the TeX Live source distribution.* [[Installation hints]]  == external manuals on installation ==* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/minstall.pdf How to install context (outdated 2001)] {{Getting started navbox}} [[Category:deletemeInstallation]]