If you don't need the very very latest version, do yourself a favor  
and download the gwTeX installer from

http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html

It's big, but it does it with one click, and it's only a month old.

On the other hand, it would be convenient if we could quickly upgrade  
to the latest ConTeXt on a Mac.

ctxtools --update

gives me

unable to fetch cont-tmf.zip

Matthias


On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:24 PM, David Arnold wrote:

> All,
>
> I got myself in trouble by using gwTeX  i-installer and tried to use
> Context Updater. The result was that the format files didn't match
> the base files (error message). Then I tried ctxtools --update. Now I
> have the font problem error described below.
>
> Here's part of a log file prior to my problem.
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> (format=cont-en 2007.1.3)  3 JUN 2007 20:21
> entering extended mode
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx)
> **hans.tex emergencyend
> (./hans.tex
>
> ConTeXt  ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II  fmt: 2007.1.3  int: english/
> english
>
> language        : language en is active
> system          : cont-new loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
> systems         : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
> \boislevel=\count210
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii))
> system          : cont-old loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
> loading         : Context Old Macros
> )
> system          : cont-fil loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
> loading         : Context File Synonyms
> )
> system          : cont-sys.rme loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex))
> bodyfont        : 12pt rm is loaded
>
> You can see that it is using this path:  usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs.
>
> After my attempts at updating, note that it is now using an entirely
> different area of my tex tree:
>
> context $ texmfstart texexec meta
> TeXExec | processing document 'meta'
> TeXExec | no ctx file found
> TeXExec | tex processing method: context
> TeXExec | TeX run 1
> TeXExec | writing option file meta.top
> TeXExec | using randomseed 890
> TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
> TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)
> entering extended mode
> (./meta.tex
>
> ConTeXt  ver: 2007.06.06 09:53 MKII  fmt: 2007.6.6  int: english/ 
> english
>
> language        : language en is active
> system          : cont-new loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
> systems         : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii))
> system          : cont-old loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
> loading         : Context Old Macros
> )
> system          : cont-fil loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
> loading         : Context File Synonyms
> )
> system          : cont-sys.rme loaded
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex)
> (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex))
>
>
> Note the path: /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
>
> I think what I should have done after using i-installer, is try using
> texmfstart texexec --make --all.
>
> Not sure how best to proceed. Does ctxtools have an uninstall? Does
> ctxtools install in texmf.local by default?
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>
>> Quoting David Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>> Neither option worked. I am now getting the famous error:
>>>
>>> Transcript written on mfput.log.
>>> grep: rm-lmr7.log: No such file or directory
>>> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode;
>>> input rm-lmr7' failed to make rm-lmr7.tfm.
>>> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
>>> ! Font \*7ptmmmrrm*=rm-lmr7 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
>>> found.
>>> <to be read again>
>>
>> Usually this is because latin modern fonts are not present. Try to
>> download the fonts, unzip them in your texmf tree, run mktexlsr and
>> try
>> again.
>>
>> Aditya
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