On 2/24/26 20:47, Damien Thiriet via ntg-context wrote: > Hello, > > I will try tomorrow to install the ConTeXt distribution at my school > (Windows 11), as a simple user.
Hi Damien, I can tell you my experience, which is what I mainly do at work (for me, but in two computers [one without any internet connection]). I do install them as user (no administrator “privileges” for me). You can install it by downloading and unpacking http://lmtx.pragma-ade.nl/install-lmtx/context-win64.zip to a `context` directory (place it in `%USERPROFILE%`, even just for installation purposes). Then, run `install.bat` and `mtxrun --generate` (having `context/tex/texmf-win64/bin/` added to your `%PATH%`), and so you will have the installation. If you plan to use LuaTeX, `context --luatex --generate` is also required. If you want to install modules go to `context/tex` and there run `mtxrun --script install-modules --install --all`. Then, you may compress `%USERPROFILE%\context` into a `.tar` or `.zip` file. You need to do only once. After you copy your `context.tar` to your USB memory, you may install it in as many computers you want. But when copied it to a computer, remove `context/tex/texmf-cache`, add `context/tex/texmf-win64/bin/` to `%PATH%` variable and run `mtxrun --generate` (and probably `context --luatex --generate`). Of course, the first time you run ConTeXt on any computer, formats will be generated (it will take longer, especially with LuaTeX). Consider that remote or networked drives such as `Z:\` tend to be slower than local ones. Not only when installing, but when running ConTeXt. > 2. Download bandwidth is limited for users, so I wondered how may I > install as many offline as possible. If you have a “Windows” computer elsewhere, you don’t need to do the first download at school. You may even run the installation in other platform (using `install --platform=win64`), but then installing modules may be rather a mess (in my experience). I hope it might help, Pablo ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
