[NTG-context] installing ConTeXt beta on MacG4

[Charles Doherty]

Dear All,

Expecially those who use a Mac G4 OSX 10.2.3 and who have installed teTeX using Gerben's installer.


Following a recent upgrade using Gerben's installer the command \startfiguretext no longer worked correctly. The console readout was as follows:

TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002

executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : Silly
output : pdftex
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10a-devel-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.8)
entering extended mode
(./Silly.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg
Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.
cfg): invalid line in config file: `pdf_minorversion 4'
}

ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.20 fmt: 2003.1.4 int: english mes: english

language : language en is active
<protectionstate 0>
system : cont-new loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!
)
system : cont-old loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading : Context Old Macros
)
system : cont-fil loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading : Context File Synonyms
)
bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded
language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2
8:2-nl-2 loaded
specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
system : Silly.top loaded
(./Silly.top
specials : loading definition file tpd
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex
specials : loading definition file fdf
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3>
<unprotect 4>
system (E-TEX) : [line 1783] \ifcsname
<unprotect 5> <protect 5> <protect 4> <protect 3>)
specials : fdf loaded
<unprotect 3> <protect 3>)
specials : fdf,tpd loaded
)
pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map
pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map
pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map
systems : begin file Silly at line 1
<./DurrowClon.pdf>
figures : dimensions of ./DurrowClon.pdf loaded from figurefile itself
! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text>
}
<to be read again>
\endgroup
l.8 ...lfigure[DurrowClon][width=.5\makeupwidth] }


?

I have been in contact with Hans who was very patient and suggested I install the recent beta. I have had no success although I have learned a lot about Terminal in the process. I recently found help on installing ConTeXt on :
http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/

I modified his instructions to suit (as I thought) my machine but I have still not been successful. Below is what I used:

cd 'Download Folder'

sudo mv cont-tmf.zip /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf

cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf

sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/*

sudo unzip -a -L -o cont-tmf.zip

# overwrites existing files!

# SuSE wants the executables here...
# Note: in SuSE 7.2 the files were placed in .../i386-
# linux-glibc/
# As of SuSE 8.1, they are in .../i386-linux-libc6/
#
# Also in 8.1, the links seemed incorrect to me, so # I have added
# a few new steps to try to correct them.
#

# C.D. I have changed the paths below to follow the
# structure on my machine.


sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texexec
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texshow
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texutil
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texfont
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texfind
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/fdf2tan
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempy
sudo rm /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mptopdf
sudo cp context/perltk/texexec.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texexec
sudo cp context/perltk/texshow.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texshow
sudo cp context/perltk/texutil.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texutil
sudo cp context/perltk/texfont.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texfont
sudo cp context/perltk/texfind.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texfind
sudo cp context/perltk/fdf2tan.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/fdf2tan
sudo cp context/perltk/makempy.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempy
sudo cp context/perltk/mptopdf.pl /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mptopdf
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texexec
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texshow
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texutil
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texfont
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texfind
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/fdf2tan
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempy
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mptopdf

# Edit texexec.ini afterwards?

sudo cp /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/context/config/texexec.rme /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/context/config/texexec.ini

# Edit cont-sys.tex afterwards?

sudo cp /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex

sudo texhash
sudo texexec --make --alone en nl # en = english nl =
# dutch
sudo texhash

exit # from "su root"

I would be most grateful if someone could send me the instructions or overwrite the above to allow me to install the latest ConTeXt beta.

Thank you,

Charlie





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Charles Doherty,
Department of Early Irish History,
University College Dublin,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Ireland
Telephone +353 1 7168381