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If you ''don't'' have an installed ConTeXt distribution, you must download from http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ the appropriate zip archive for your system, and run the shell / batch script in the top-level directory (which should be called <code>context</code>); it is a very simple script that sets the necessary environment to run mtx-update, and it accepts exactly the same switches as mtx-update. By default it will install a ConTeXt distribution suitable for pdfTeX on your system; the top-level directory for that distribution will be <code>context/tex</code> until you tell it otherwise (with the <code>--texroot</code> switch).
== More older content ==
= Contents =
The minimals contain:
* '''ConTeXt''': current, beta + some older releases
* '''Fonts''': most important TeX-aware ones
* '''Binaries''': latest version of pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX, Metapost
* '''Formats''' (need to be generated by user) for
** ConTeXt, mptopdf and plain TeX for pdfTeX/XeTeX/LuaTeX
** metafun and plain for Metapost
See [[ConTeXt Minimals/Contents]].
= Configuration =
=== What to install ===
* --'''platform'''=''name-of-platform'' (see supported platforms; default: the one we are working on)
* --'''engines'''=''list-of-engines'' (options: luatex, xetex, pdftex, all; default: '''all''')
* --'''context'''=''version'' (options: current, beta, alpha, ''yyyy.mm.dd''; default: '''beta''')
=== What to do ===
* --'''force''' (as opposed to --dryrun; do the real thing; this is '''needed''') ''needs to be fixed''
* --'''update''' (update minimal tree)
* --'''make''' (make formats and generate file databases)
* --state (update tree using saved state) ''needs to be implemented/fixed''
* --keep (as apposed to --delete; don't delete unused or obsolete files) ''needs to be improved''
=== Where to install ===
* --'''texroot'''=''path'' (installation path; default: '''tex''')
=== Rsync Server ===
''(currently there's only one anyway)''
* --'''server'''=''repository-url'' (default: '''<code>rsync://contextgarden.net</code>''')
* --'''module'''=''string'' (default: '''minimals''')
* --'''rsync'''=''name-of-rsync-binary'' (default: '''rsync''') ''Why do we need this?''
See also [[ConTeXt Minimals/Implementation]].
