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moved Ubuntu_Installation to Ubuntu_installation
Each successive version of Ubuntu becomes easier to update, which is why the following sections, arranged in reverse chronological order, get successively longer.
== Feisty (7.04) ==
As of today (January 2007), feisty is still alpha test. But when it is released, you should be able to follow the [[Debian_installation]]
instructions.
== Edgy (6.10) ==
You can follow the [[Debian_installation]] instructions. However, the packages depend on having <tt>tex-common</tt> later than v0.35, and the <tt>tex-common</tt> in edgy is v0.25. So go to http://packages.ubuntu.com/tex-common and get the feisty (7.04) package, which will be v0.42 or later, and install it by hand using
dpkg -i tex-common_0.42_all.deb
Now go to [[Debian_installation]].
== Dapper (6.06) ==
Ubuntu 6.06 contains teTeX 3.0 (including ConTeXt 2005.01.31), so you can just install <code>tetex-extra</code> and use ConTeXt. However, once you got your feet wet, you will probably want to install a more recent pdfTeX than the 1.21a installed with Ubuntu (since ConTeXt can give you more features with that), so again, please follow the instructions for [[TeTeX_3.0_installation]].
I just made a fresh install of the beta release of Ubuntu Dapper Drake. It comes with a more recent version of tetex than Ubuntu 5.10, i.e. tetex-3.0.15. So after installation, you get:
TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
context : ver: 2005.01.31
cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.4.24 mes: english
Nevertheless, I wanted to have the latest and greatest and decided I would try to upgrade pdf(e)tex and ConTeXt. Basically, the instructions given above for Fedora Core 5 are valid for Ubuntu as well, but there are a few caveats:
* Ubuntu is missing a few tools that you'll need to build a new version of pdftex and '''to run new versions of ConTeXt.''' So before trying to upgrade, run this command:
<pre> sudo apt-get install build-essential bison flex ruby </pre>
* All the configuration files that users should edit are under <tt> /etc/texmf/texmf.d</tt>. Do '''not''' edit the files under <tt>/usr/share/texmf/web2c</tt> directly; instead, edit the files in this directory and run <tt> update-texmf</tt> or <tt>update-updmap</tt>.
I went through the process, and everything seems to be working so far:
<pre>
% texexec --version
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
tex : pdfTeX, 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2C 7.5.5)
context : ver: 2006.04.23 23:55
cont-en : ver: 2006.04.23 23:55 fmt: 2006.4.24 mes: english
</pre>
== Breezy (5.10) ==
Ubuntu 5.10 does not include a TeX-installation by default. The distribution you get when you simply choose to install TeX is teTeX-2.0.2, which is too old and will very likely not work with the latest ConTeXt versions. So you should not install it, but follow the instructions for [[TeTeX_3.0_installation]]. However, before you can do so, you will need to install a number of supplementary packages that are not included in Ubuntu by default (and I hope I'm not forgetting anything; a number of dependencies will automatically be installed as well):
# sudo apt-get install build-essential bison flex libncurses5-dev
Install these packages before trying to compile teTeX 3.0, or you will get errors during the compilation.
== Feisty (7.04) ==
As of today (January 2007), feisty is still alpha test. But when it is released, you should be able to follow the [[Debian_installation]]
instructions.
== Edgy (6.10) ==
You can follow the [[Debian_installation]] instructions. However, the packages depend on having <tt>tex-common</tt> later than v0.35, and the <tt>tex-common</tt> in edgy is v0.25. So go to http://packages.ubuntu.com/tex-common and get the feisty (7.04) package, which will be v0.42 or later, and install it by hand using
dpkg -i tex-common_0.42_all.deb
Now go to [[Debian_installation]].
== Dapper (6.06) ==
Ubuntu 6.06 contains teTeX 3.0 (including ConTeXt 2005.01.31), so you can just install <code>tetex-extra</code> and use ConTeXt. However, once you got your feet wet, you will probably want to install a more recent pdfTeX than the 1.21a installed with Ubuntu (since ConTeXt can give you more features with that), so again, please follow the instructions for [[TeTeX_3.0_installation]].
I just made a fresh install of the beta release of Ubuntu Dapper Drake. It comes with a more recent version of tetex than Ubuntu 5.10, i.e. tetex-3.0.15. So after installation, you get:
TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
context : ver: 2005.01.31
cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.4.24 mes: english
Nevertheless, I wanted to have the latest and greatest and decided I would try to upgrade pdf(e)tex and ConTeXt. Basically, the instructions given above for Fedora Core 5 are valid for Ubuntu as well, but there are a few caveats:
* Ubuntu is missing a few tools that you'll need to build a new version of pdftex and '''to run new versions of ConTeXt.''' So before trying to upgrade, run this command:
<pre> sudo apt-get install build-essential bison flex ruby </pre>
* All the configuration files that users should edit are under <tt> /etc/texmf/texmf.d</tt>. Do '''not''' edit the files under <tt>/usr/share/texmf/web2c</tt> directly; instead, edit the files in this directory and run <tt> update-texmf</tt> or <tt>update-updmap</tt>.
I went through the process, and everything seems to be working so far:
<pre>
% texexec --version
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
tex : pdfTeX, 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2C 7.5.5)
context : ver: 2006.04.23 23:55
cont-en : ver: 2006.04.23 23:55 fmt: 2006.4.24 mes: english
</pre>
== Breezy (5.10) ==
Ubuntu 5.10 does not include a TeX-installation by default. The distribution you get when you simply choose to install TeX is teTeX-2.0.2, which is too old and will very likely not work with the latest ConTeXt versions. So you should not install it, but follow the instructions for [[TeTeX_3.0_installation]]. However, before you can do so, you will need to install a number of supplementary packages that are not included in Ubuntu by default (and I hope I'm not forgetting anything; a number of dependencies will automatically be installed as well):
# sudo apt-get install build-essential bison flex libncurses5-dev
Install these packages before trying to compile teTeX 3.0, or you will get errors during the compilation.