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Installing ConTeXt LMTX on MacOS (view source)
Revision as of 08:36, 13 December 2019
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== Installing on MacOS up to 10.14 ==
* '''Beware:''' As of December 8th 2019, the following instructions work for MacOS up to version 10.14 but do not work for MacOS 10.15 Catalina, due to the Apple's System Integrity Protection (SIP). This page will be updated whenever we find a solution to this problemPlease see the dedicated section for installing on MacOS 10.15 Catalina
* First download http://lmtx.pragma-ade.nl/install-lmtx/context-osx-64.zip
* Put the unzipped folder « context-osx-64 « whereever wherever you wish: for instance in your home directory. Thus the path to your future LuaMetaTeX directory will be (and below this is what we assume)
~/context-osx-64/
context --make --all
If everything goes nicely, you should be able to see LuaMetaTeX functionning.
== Installing on MacOS 10.15 Catlina ==
* First get your hands on a zip file of a complete tree of
context-osx-64
which works on MacOS 10.14 or previous, from someone you know... You can always contact the ConTeXt mailing list and ask this from someone (one day there might be a direct distribution of this zip file). If you have yourself access to a MacOS less than or equal to 10.14, you can follow the instructions above, create a context-osx-64 tree, and then copy that tree on a USB memory stick and transfer it to your MacOS 10.15. In thi scase you should wipe the
context-osx-64/tex/texmf-cache
folder in your copy destined to MacOS 10.15.
* Disable the SIP (System Integrity Protection) following (for example) the instructions given here
https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-turn-off-mac-os-x-system-integrity-protection-rootless-3638975/
Later, you can put back the SIP, once the installation of LuaMetaTeX is over.
* In a Terminal window, reinstate the « Anywhere » option in Gatekeeper (which is visible in the Apple menu -> Préferences -> Security & Privacy) by doing
sudo spctl --master-disable
Later, you can put back the Gatekeeper default by saying
sudo spctl --master-enable
once the installation of LuaMetaTeX is over.
* Restart your Mac and put the folder « context-osx-64 « wherever you wish: for instance in your home directory. Thus the path to your future LuaMetaTeX directory will be (and below this is what we assume)
~/context-osx-64/
* In a Terminal window export the PATH
export PATH=~/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:~/context-osx-64/bin:~/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
You can add this path to your .zshrc or .bashrc if you wish to use LuaMetaTeX from everywhere on your Mac.
* You can test your installation by saying in the Terminal window
which luametatex
and see whether it points to something in your context-osx-64 tree.
* In the Terminal window run
mtxrun --generate
and next
context --make --all
* Now in principle you are done and you can typeset a test file named » mytest.tex » by saying
context mytest.tex
* At this point, you can enable again SIP and Gatekeeper as indicated above.
* In order to update to the latest version of LuaMetaTeX in a Terminal do
cd ~/context-osx-64/
sh install.sh
The update should go ahead without any interference from Gatekeeper or SIP, even if you have trurned them to their default settings.
