On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Lars Huttar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/6/2008 4:02 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: > > On 11/6/2008 3:49 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I've just been trying to install context on Ubuntu 8.10. > >> Today I went to http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ > >> and followed the instructions: > >> > >>> On unix (linux, mac, freebsd, sun, ...) run: > >>> > >>> mkdir context && cd context > >>> rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh. > >>> ./first-setup.sh > >> The first-setup script initially failed because I did not have ruby > >> installed. So I installed ruby and then ran it again. > >> > >> It cranked away for awhile, then ended up with the error: > >> ! I can't find file `core-swd'. > >> <to be read again> > >> \relax > >> l.228 \loadmkiifile{core-swd} > >> > >> The preceding output was: > > > > Let me add a little more preceding output: > > (/home/.../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/core-sec.mkii > > loading : Context Core Macros / Sectioning > > ... > > > >> systeem : markering subsubsubsubonderwerpnummer gedefinieerd > >> [subsubsubsubonderwerpnummer] > >> ) > >> > >> However, when I do a search, I see that there is a file core-swd.mkii. > >> Its path is context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base > >> (I kid you not -- tex and context each show up three times in the path!) > >> > >> Can anybody suggest how to fix the problem? > > > > Just for kicks, I tried the following. The prompt said > > Please type another input file name: > > so I entered "core-swd.mkii" (i.e. I added the .mkii suffix). > > This seemed to satisfy the processor ... until the same error happened > > again a little while later (with the same preceding output). > > This happened about 4 times total. > > > > Was that a legitimate solution? Or should it really be looking for a > > core-swd.tex file? > > > > Thanks, > > Lars > > > > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > Can your try this: > > > > mtxrun --selfupdate > > luatools --selfupdate > > context --generate > > context --make en > > > > Wolfgang > > I guess I should first delete the core-swd.tex that I got from cache? > (Did that...) > > mtxrun gives "command not found"... So I added context/bin to the PATH. > > Then I ran mtxrun again and got > /usr/bin/env: texlua: No such file or directory. > > Later I found > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#First_Installation which > said to add something like "source [dir...]/context/tex/setuptex > [dir...]/context/tex" to the system startup script. > > (It would be helpful to add a prominent link to > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#First_Installation from > the instructions at http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/, labeled > "Please see more complete instructions here". There is currently a link > between those two pages, but it is labeled "These might eventually > become a new minimal ConTeXt distribution" which doesn't suggest that > you need to visit the link to supplement the installation instructions > already given.) > > After adding the above source line, the four commands you asked me to > try run without obvious errors. > > No base/core-swd.tex file appears. > > Is there something specific I should look for to tell whether the above > commands solved my problem? Should I run first-setup.sh again? > > Thanks, > Lars > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > I write how I setup my "minimals-beta" on a linux box ubuntu 8.04 1) mkdir -p /opt/luatex/minimals-beta 2) cd /opt/luatex/minimals-beta 2a) Now put here first-setup.sh (see contextgarden.net/minimals) 3) ./first-setup.sh 4) cd tex **IMPORTANT** 5) . setuptex ============================= 6) context --generate 7) context --make 8)Every time I start a mkiv session as first step I do cd /opt/luatex/minimals-beta/tex . setuptext to ensure correct initilization of env. variables. 9a)context --generate 9b)context --make to unsure a clean session. 10) always use context to make pdf; ie compile yours files with context basic-test.tex If you open first-setup.sh and change this line near the end mtxrun --verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force --engine=all --context=beta --tree=$PWD/tex $@ in mtxrun --verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force --engine=all --tree=$PWD/tex $@ and then 1) mkdir -p /opt/luatex/minimals 2)... and so on you can then end with a "minimals" installation (actually minimalsBIRTHDAY) Actually I have minimals-beta, minimals and tl2008 completly unrelated so each installations has is own fonts etc etc. It's ok, because minimals and minimals-beta are not so huge and I want to be sure that minimals-beta and minimals work -- luigi
___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
