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Since April 2019, there is a new implementation of ConTeXt, named ConTeXt LMTX. It is tuned for LuaMetaTeX, the lean and mean successor of LuaTeX TeX engine (see article).

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You can read the licence (Creative Commons GNU GPL for program code, and Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike for documentation).

Installation

  1. Create a download directory (e.g., downloads/context)
  2. Download the relevant archive for your platform into the download directory (see above)
    • UNIX/MAC: cd downlods/context

wget http://lmtx.pragma-ade.nl/install-lmtx/context-linux-64.zip

  1. Unpack the archive, some files will appear
    • UNIX/MAC: unzip context-linux-64.zip
  2. Execute the install program, which will take care of downloading the distribution:
    • WINDOWS: install.bat
    • UNIX/MAC: sh install.sh
  3. Add ConTeXt to your system PATH:
    • WINDOWS:
      • run setpath.bat
    • UNIX: use the PATH instructions provided at the end of install.sh with:
      • Bash shell echo 'export PATH=...thepathinstructions...:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
      • Zsh shell echo 'export PATH=...thepathinstructions...:$PATH' >> ~/.zshenv
      • Sh/Ksh shell echo 'export PATH=...thepathinstructions...:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
      • Tcsh/csh shell echo 'set path = ($path ...thepathinstructions...)' >> ~/.cshrc
    • MAC:
      • Same as for UNIX. MacOS Catalina (10.15) defaults to Zsh, earlier versions defaulted to Bash

First Run !

You can also follow our two steps tutorial:

Moreover, a page is used to centralized Sample documents.

Easy update

For an update, just replay the install program: it also take care of updating the distribution incrementally:

  • WINDOWS: install.bat
  • UNIX: sh install.sh

Running MkIV

The new distribution still has all the files to run the previous version of ConTeXt.

  • Run context --luatex Hello-world.tex in your shell to revert back to the luatex binary and MkIV.

Further installation instructions