Debian installation

Install teTeX 3.0

Lucky Debian users can install official but experimental packages. You have to enable them by adding the following line in your /etc/apt/sources.list file (as root) :

 # echo "deb ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental   main contrib non-free" \
 # >>/etc/apt/sources.list

where "ftp.fr.debian.org" stands for your favorite mirror. Then, as root, you just have to ask the corresponding pakages to apt-get :

 # apt-get install  -t experimental tetex-bin tetex-extra

teTex 3.0 packages are now in unstable (25th Feb. 2006)

Install a pdfTeX update

I wonder why 'Install a pdftex update' ?

The Debian tetex-bin package contains a pdftex program

I suggest to delete this paragraph

--Stappers 12:31, 25 February 2006 (CET)

Install a MetaPost update

TODO: why a meta post update? (See: To-Do List)

Install a Latin Modern font update

Under Debian, root as just to ask :

 # apt-get install lmodern pts-tetex-cm-super

The configuration/update is handled by apt-get

On newer versions you do

 # apt-get install lmodern cm-super

Install the latest ConTeXt

Fetch the current distro from Pragma ADE: [cont-tmf.zip]

As a user, I would advise to install context in ~/texmf (~ refers to the current user home directory)

 mkdir texmf
 cd texmf
 wget http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip
 unzip cont-tmf.zip

Finished!

That should do it! The output of texexec --version is hopefully like this:

TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
              texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
              texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
                  tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
              context : ver: 2005.10.27
              cont-en : ver: 2005.10.27  fmt: 2005.11.1  mes: english

See also the Debian TeXlive install page.