Talk:TeTeX 3.0 installation

In the section entitled Install the zip archive towards the end of the page, the line

cp -a /root/.texmf-var/web2c/* /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var/web2c

contains the hard-coded path /root/.texmf-var/web2c which is not explained. Could you clarify where I should be looking for the .texm-var/web2c folder and its contents please?

Thanks.

• I've added a bit of extra explanation. Taco 13:00, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)

lmodern in debian

Hi David,

Can you check the version number of latin modern in Debian please? It has to be precisely 0.89.3, or some ConTeXt documents will come out wrong. The cont-lmt.zip is separate because the font is not updated as frequently as cont-tmf.zip, but they really are tied together quite closely.

--Taco

dpkg -l lmodern gives lmodern 0.92-7 scalable PostScript fonts for european chara

Could you, please, give me one or two ConTeXt documents that may come out wrong ?

--David

Never mind, I checked and the newer version should be ok. Hans will switch the main distriution over to 0.92 for the next release as well, and that won't take longer than a week or so anyway. --Taco 15:31, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Wrong path?

Hi, in the "code" section

# cp -f build/tex/web2c/pdftex which pdftex
# cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex which pdfetex
# cd build/tex/web2c
# cp -f pdftex.pool pdfetex.pool /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c
# fmtutil-sys --refresh

I think that in line 1 it should be build/texk/web2c/pdftex ... ...at least I couldn't find any directory named "tex".

And then I would like to thank the authors of this page for saving my life with these simple and streightforward instructions on installing this, well, complicated software! 213.213.136.102 16:17, 16 October 2005 (CEST)

• You are right, will fix that right away. Thanks Taco 11:57, 17 October 2005 (CEST)

last stage: making the formats global

the last 2 steps are given as:

# cp -a /root/.texmf-var/web2c/* /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var/web2c
# texhash

but /root/.texmf-var/web2c/* includes all the other formats as well generated when pdftex/metapost was updated...

and the context formats are in /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/*, aren't they?

so, for me it is not clear if it's enough what to move. shouldn't it be:

# mv /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var/web2c
# texhash

--Minusf 23:13, 6 March 2006 (CET)

beta

There is a pdftex beta for 1.40 at sarovar. I have not tried yet, but I assume it is installed just like 1.30. Could a knowledgeable soul check this and edit the page?

--ChristopherCreutzig 15:17, 21 August 2006 (CEST)

texmfstart?

The page does not mention texmfstart yet. What is the proper way(TM) of installing it in teTeX?

--ChristopherCreutzig 16:38, 21 August 2006 (CEST)