Even if I put the installation in an archive and make a linux package that installs the archive, I still have to modify contextcnf.lua which isn't intended to handle differing system-wide installation paths of various POSIX-like operating systems.
And, I don't really know * what the variables in contextcnf.lua mean and do. * whether there is a way to override certain variables in contextcnf.lua with another file. A separate override file is going to make it easy for linux distributions to override certain variables in contextcnf.lua. ------- Original Message ------- On Monday, August 15th, 2022 at 5:00 PM, Bruce Horrocks <n...@scorecrow.com> wrote: > > On 15 Aug 2022, at 13:19, amano.kenji amano.ke...@proton.me wrote: > > > > I was trying to translate instructions in install.sh and dependencies of > > install.sh into shell commands in a Gentoo Linux package. > > > > Gentoo Linux downloads all dependencies and builds a package in a network > > namespace where there is no internet access. > > > If you must use a Linux that makes life hard... ;-) > > I'm guessing you're trying to prepare ConTeXt for use in a private repository > on a LAN so that your users can install it without needing Internet access? > > ConTeXt only depends on glibc (iirc) - and it assumes it is present already. > So do an install on a machine that does have Internet access and everything > you need will then be self-contained in the directory you chose to install > into. Zip up that directory and use it for subsequent installs as many times > as you want just by unzipping it - no further Internet access required. > > You'll need to set up the PATH for where you unzipped the file - but the > install.sh file has the necessary information towards the end. > > Try it and see - it's not like typical modern bloatware that pulls down 100's > of Gbytes of dependencies willy-nilly. > > > Thus, install.sh cannot be directly used in a gentoo linux package. I have > > to translate instructions used in install.sh into shell commands. > > > > How can I do that? Can I somehow execute mtx-install.lua, mtxrun.lua, or > > mtxrun in a way that doesn't require internet access? > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > > On Monday, August 15th, 2022 at 12:12 PM, Bruce Horrocks n...@scorecrow.com > > wrote: > > > > > > On 15 Aug 2022, at 13:03, amano.kenji via ntg-context > > > > ntg-context@ntg.nl wrote: > > > > > > > > TexLive has texmfcnf.lua that doesn't really work with texlive-context > > > > installed by linux distributions. > > > > > > > > Arch Linux has its own patched version of texmfcnf.lua. > > > > > > > > It seems I'd be better off with a linux package for ConTeXt LMTX. > > > > > > > > How can I build and install ConTeXt LMTX on Gentoo Linux or any linux > > > > distribution? > > > > > > > > I wish it was as simple as ./configure, make, and make install. > > > > > > Install instructions for LMTX on Linux are here: > > > https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation > > > > > > It's pre-built so there are no make steps. > > > > > > Try it and ask again if you have problems. :-) > > > > > > — > > > Bruce Horrocks > > > Hampshire, UK > > > — > Bruce Horrocks > Hampshire, UK ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
