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== Install teTeX 3.0 ==
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{{note|Releases of Debian (or any other distribution for that matter) usually contain way too old TeX distributions for ConTeXt MKIV (but should work fine for MKII). If you want to live on bleeding edge, consider using the packages from Debian/unstable, [[ConTeXt Standalone]], or at least install the latest version of [[TeX Live]] with [[TLContrib]] manually.}}
  
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Lucky Debian users can install official packages from <code>testing</code>
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== Install the ConTeXt packages ==
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or from <code>unstable</code>.
 
  
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Just do:
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The status of ConTeXt in Debian/unstable is currently up to date with TeX Live 2021, and includes all the necessary bits and pieces, plus the modules shipped in TeX Live.
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  # apt-get install tetex-bin tetex-extra
 
  
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You may verify it with
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If you are running Debian sid or later, then the <code>context</code> and <code>context-modules</code> packages should already be visible.
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<code>dpkg -l tetex-bin tetex-extra</code>,
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Then do
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it should show something like
 
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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
 
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| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
 
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|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
 
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||/ Name          Version        Description
 
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+++-==============-==============-============================================
 
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ii  tetex-bin      3.0-14        The teTeX binary files
 
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ii  tetex-extra    3.0-14        Additional library files of teTeX
 
  
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== Install a [[pdfTeX]] update ==
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aptitude update
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aptitude install context context-modules
  
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Since the Debian tetex-bin package already contains a pdftex program, this update is optional and ConTeXt should work even if the release of pdftex provided by tetex-bin is a little bit old.
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* The final version in debian bullseye (aka debian stable 11.2) is 2020.03.10.20200331-1
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* In ''unstable'' is a version that is from the TeX Live 2021
  
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Fetch the 1.30.6 release (tar or zip archive) from [[http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex sarovar]].  
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=== Install latest unstable context .deb package ===
  
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From within the directory where you downloaded the archive file, execute the following
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<tt>unstable</tt> means ''(mature) development'', the version number may changes. The software is ''stable''
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series of commands:
 
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<code>
 
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  # unzip pdftex-1.30.6.zip
 
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  # cd pdftex-1.30.6
 
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</code>
 
  
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Edit the build.sh file and add a valid datadir option:
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1. Download the two .deb-s
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<code>
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http://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context/download
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  ...
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http://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context-modules/download
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  ../src/configure \
 
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              --datadir=/usr/share \
 
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              --without-bibtex8  \
 
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  ...
 
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</code>
 
  
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Then run build.sh:
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2. run as root (the version number might have increased a bit)
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<code>
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dpkg --install context_2021.03.05.20220211-1_all.deb
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  # sh ./build.sh
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mtxrun --generate
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</code>
 
  
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If the build went OK, then the last four lines of terminal output are the
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3. run as user
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actual binaries and pool files for pdftex and pdfetex. These have to replace
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mtxrun --generate
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their existing counterparts in the teTeX installation.
 
  
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'''Note:''' The next commands assume that <tt>`which pdfetex`</tt> can actually
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Step 2. is currently still necessary, but soon an update of tex-common will run mtxrun --generate automatically when packages have changed (like mktexlsr), and there will be no need to run this anymore.
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find the executables from teTeX. If it doesn't work, then your PATH does not
 
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include the teTeX binaries directory yet, and you should fix that first. Likewise for
 
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<tt>`kpsewhich pdfetex.pool`</tt>
 
  
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<code>
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Step 3. needs to be done only when you have files in TEXMFHOME or you change things there.
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  # cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex `which pdfetex`
 
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  # cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex.pool `kpsewhich pdfetex.pool`
 
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  # fmtutil-sys --all
 
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</code>
 
  
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== Install a [[MetaPost]] update ==
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You have now a system wide context-installation!
  
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Update MetaPost is strongly recommended!
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== See also ==
  
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The included MetaPost in teTeX is a bit outdated. If you want, you can
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{{Installation navbox}}
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fetch and install the latest MetaPost from sarovar. The current release is 0.901.
 
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Just download the source tarball from the [[http://sarovar.org/projects/metapost project page]]
 
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From the directory where you downloaded the archive file, execute the following
 
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series of commands:
 
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<code>
 
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  # tar xjf metapost-0.901.tar.bz2
 
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  # cd metapost-0.901
 
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  # ./Build
 
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  # cp texmf/metapost/base/* /usr/share/texmf-tetex/metapost/base
 
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  # cd build/texk/web2c
 
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  # cp -f mpost dvitomp mpware/dmp mpware/mpto mpware/newer mpware/makempx \
 
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    /usr/bin
 
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  # cp -f mp.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c
 
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  # texhash
 
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  # fmtutil-sys --byfmt mpost
 
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</code>
 
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== Install a [[Latin Modern]] font update ==
 
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Under Debian, root as just to ask :
 
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<code>
 
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  # apt-get install lmodern pts-tetex-cm-super
 
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</code>
 
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The configuration/update is handled by apt-get
 
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On newer versions you do
 
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<code>
 
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  # apt-get install lmodern cm-super
 
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</code>
 
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== Install the latest ConTeXt ==
 
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Fetch the current distro from Pragma ADE:
 
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[[http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip cont-tmf.zip]]
 
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As a user, I would advise to install context in ~/texmf (~ refers to the current user home directory)
 
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  mkdir texmf
 
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  cd texmf
 
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  wget http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip
 
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  unzip cont-tmf.zip
 
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  texexec --make
 
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If you are on Debian (Etch) you need to do some additional steps
 
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  mkdir -p .textmf-var/web2c
 
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  cd .textmf-var
 
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  cp ../texmf/*.fmt web2c/
 
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  texexec --make
 
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== Finished! ==
 
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That should do it! The output of <code>texexec --version</code> is hopefully like this:
 
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<code>
 
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TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
 
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              texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
 
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              texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
 
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                  tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
 
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              context : ver: 2005.10.27
 
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              cont-en : ver: 2005.10.27  fmt: 2005.11.1  mes: english
 
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</code>
 
  
 
[[Category:Installation]]
 
[[Category:Installation]]
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See also the [[Debian TeXlive install]] page.
 

Latest revision as of 00:46, 14 February 2022


 NOTE: Releases of Debian (or any other distribution for that matter) usually contain way too old TeX distributions for ConTeXt MKIV (but should work fine for MKII). If you want to live on bleeding edge, consider using the packages from Debian/unstable, ConTeXt Standalone, or at least install the latest version of TeX Live with TLContrib manually.

Install the ConTeXt packages

The status of ConTeXt in Debian/unstable is currently up to date with TeX Live 2021, and includes all the necessary bits and pieces, plus the modules shipped in TeX Live.

If you are running Debian sid or later, then the context and context-modules packages should already be visible. Then do 

aptitude update
aptitude install context context-modules
  • The final version in debian bullseye (aka debian stable 11.2) is 2020.03.10.20200331-1
  • In unstable is a version that is from the TeX Live 2021

Install latest unstable context .deb package

unstable means (mature) development, the version number may changes. The software is stable

1. Download the two .deb-s http://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context/download http://packages.debian.org/unstable/all/context-modules/download

2. run as root (the version number might have increased a bit) 

dpkg --install context_2021.03.05.20220211-1_all.deb
mtxrun --generate

3. run as user 

mtxrun --generate

Step 2. is currently still necessary, but soon an update of tex-common will run mtxrun --generate automatically when packages have changed (like mktexlsr), and there will be no need to run this anymore.

Step 3. needs to be done only when you have files in TEXMFHOME or you change things there.

You have now a system wide context-installation!

See also

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