On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've have Ubuntu 8.04 running in a VirtualBox under WXP. No dual boot setup > necessary any more. How Cool ! Works like a charm - apart from a USB printer > problem. > > Installed TeX, ConTeXt and XeTeX through the Package Manager (to test > whether it worked). > > Now trying to update ConTeXt with > > ctxtools --updatecontext > > which gives > > CtxTools | updating > /etc/texmf:/var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/share/texmf-texlive > CtxTools | unable to change to > /etc/texmf:/var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/share/texmf-texlive > > whether I'm in root or not !??? > > What's the corresponding command for XeTeX ? ( tried --updatexetex which > failed )
You cannot update the binaries that way (you are not supposed to :). On your own risk, you may update the binaries from minimals rsync -av \ rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/xetex/linux/bin/ \ /path/to/bin/with/xetex Mojca ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________