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* The simplest method is to use MacTeX, but as TeXLive you will not have the most recent binaries (generally frozen for a year).
=== Using the Commandline === If you do not what a command tool is, do not worry. It is simple a program in which commands are entered as text and then executed. Mac OS comes with two tools for entering command lines the Terminal and a X11 environment X11 or Xquartz, depending on which Mac OSX version you are running. These programs can be found in the Utilities-folder of the Applications-Folder. Once you have started one of the programs, all you have to do is enter a command and press the RETURN-key and the command will be executed.
installed ConTeXt standalone. ''Do not forget to change username in the line above to your actual username!!''
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Naturally, there are other ways, but they are more for experienced Mac users and those comfortable with using the command line.
The advantage is that you get TeX et al, fonts and some nice utilities, including the editor TeXShop (highly recommended) which
can run ConTeXt and TeX-Variants from within the editor without any knowledge of the command line.
* ConTeXt Suite (Standalone) is recommended for those that wish to have the latest stable version, latest developmental version,
or wish to run several versions of ConTeXt side by side. The downside to the side by side to this approach is that you need some knowledge of how to use the command line and how to set-up the paths in a Unix environment. Well, actually not that much if you use the an editor or IDE, like TeXShopand TeXWorks.
* ''For the best possible experience and ease of installation a combination of MacTeX and ConTeXt Suite is advised.''
=== Installing MacTeX ===
* [http://www.tug.org/mactex/ Download and follow the instructions from the MacTeX site] (Installer larger than 2GB, instructions for slower internet connections on the site of MacTeX)
If you wish to use "ConTeXt Suite" from the command line you can use the Mac tutorial in the Mac section under [[ConTeXt Standalone|ConTeXt Suite]] or
Use the tutorial below that is more Mac OSX centric. We do use the command line program Terminal of Mac OSX as it poses the easiest way to get things done. But, do not worry as the process is straight foreword and you can just copy and paste the commands into the Terminal!
=== Single user installation ===
In the Terminal after each command you have to press the RETURN-key.
* Start the Terminal you will find it in the UtilityUtilities-folder in the Applications-folder.
* Create the folder/directory ''context'' in your ''HOME folder'':
When the installation process is finished you will see a message telling you that you have to initialize ConTeXt each time you want to run ConTeXt or to add the path to your PATH-variable of your shell. You can ignore this message if you are going to use TeXShop. Setting-up TeXShop is described below..
For easier your connivance you can copy all the command commands in this block , paste it into the Terminal and hit RETURN:
mkdir $HOME/context
rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .
sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all --engine=luatex
=== Alterantive ConTeXt Versions ===
You can install different versions of ConTeXt next to each other. All you need to do is create a new directory for this version and follow the instructions above using the name of the directory instead of the name ''context''.
BEWARE: If you use the command line you have to set up the paths for your shell. If you use TeXShop you have to set-up engines for TeXShop for each version, this process in is describe below in the section ''Creating and Installing a TeXShop Engine''
=== Keeping ConTeXt Up-To-Date ===
If you are using a different version then use the use the appropriate options for first-setup.sh!!
=== System-wide installation ===
By default only the beta version is installed, If you want a more stable version or third party content then look at the section ''Alterantive ConTeXt Versions'' above. All you need to do is add the option to the installation command in this section.
== TeXShop and TeXworks ==
Typically, both editors work out of the box with MacTeX, but if you are using a version earlier than those shipped with MacTeX 2011 (TeXShop 2.42) you need to configure engines for ConTeXt manually.
=== TeXShop ===
===== Creating an ''Engine'' for TeXShop =====
Actually, ''engine'' is somewhat misleading. In TeXShop an ''engine'' is a script that contains commands that are use to typeset your documents. TeXShop comes with many engines set up to run TeX, LaTeX, Xe(La)TeX and ConTeXt MKII and MKIV that have been installed via MacTeX.
set path= (/Users/username/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin $path /usr/local/bin)
If you installed in a different location then change /Users/username/context/ to the location where you
* save the file again
* In the other window navigate to the Applications-folder and to where TeXShop was installed.
If you installed via MacTeX you will find it in Applications->TeX->TexShop
* Open the folder containing the default engines for TeXShop
Do not forget that you have to also copy your own copy of the newly created engine to your own ''Engine''-folder!!
