Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
On 10/1/06, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/29/06, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Steve Peter wrote: > > > There is now a MikTeX package manager for Linux. > > > > And it is best not to use it since it ships a context that > > believes it is running on windows... ConTeXt should adjust to the differences (see ruby/tex.rb), but someone may need to search out the bugs and report them. > But then it has to be fixed, not thrown away ... I bet that the main > reason is one of the many "if (MikTeX)" switches in the source code > assuming that MikTeX is running on windows. Are there any MikTeX/Lunux > users around? (I work on windows 99% of time, but if I manage to > install MikTeX on the linux partition, I'll give it a try.) > > The other thing is: I have no idea how the executables are created. I > sent quite a few requests, so that now finally the ruby scripts are > used instead of the old perl-based ones. But I don't have the > slightest idea how they work under Linux. I have ConTeXt under MikTeX and also on Fedora Core 5 both using the Aug. 8 release from a separate texmf-cont tree, so I didn't install the MikTeX version at all (I did steal texmfstart.exe from W32tex). There were some problems in the MikTeX-2.5 betas due to different command-line switches in linux (and W32TeX) versions of pdftex, but I thought that had been fixed in the final version. There are some system specific flags set in base/tex.rb to deal with any lingering differences, so if there are problems I'd compare the options for pdftex and see if they are reflected in tex.rb. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
On 9/29/06, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Steve Peter wrote: > > There is now a MikTeX package manager for Linux. > > And it is best not to use it since it ships a context that > believes it is running on windows... But then it has to be fixed, not thrown away ... I bet that the main reason is one of the many "if (MikTeX)" switches in the source code assuming that MikTeX is running on windows. Are there any MikTeX/Lunux users around? (I work on windows 99% of time, but if I manage to install MikTeX on the linux partition, I'll give it a try.) The other thing is: I have no idea how the executables are created. I sent quite a few requests, so that now finally the ruby scripts are used instead of the old perl-based ones. But I don't have the slightest idea how they work under Linux. Mojca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
> So I simply copied /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/* /var/lib/texmf/web2c/
> "texexec new.tex" seems to run OK now, without error.
> I'll investigate further.
You run texexec as root, I'm guessing, so that the formats will be
visible to all users. However, that means they go into root's
.texmf-var/ directory because the TEXFORMATS kpse variable contains
the home-directory .texmf-var before /var/lib/texmf. Here's how to
check:
$ kpsewhich --expand-path='$TEXFORMATS'
.:/home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c:/home/sanjoy/texmf/web2c:/var/lib/texmf/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-tetex/web2c
Yup, ~/.texmf-var/web2c comes first.
That's due to these lines in /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf, at least on my
Ubuntu (teTeX 3.0) system:
TEXMF =
{$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFDIST}
TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{$engine,}
The TEXMFVAR is short for $HOME/.texmf-var and is what means the
formats go in /root/.texmf-var/. So, you need to change TEXFORMATS
for the texexec run, telling it to place them in /var/lib/texmf:
# TEXFORMATS='/var/lib/texmf/web2c/{$engine,}' texexec --make --all
Or slightly more general, in case TEXMFSYSVAR changes someday from
/var/lib/texmf (note all the horrid quoting):
# TEXFORMATS=`kpsewhich --expand-path='$TEXMFSYSVAR'`'/web2c/{$engine,}' \
texexec --make --all
I just tried it as root, and it seemed to work -- I got brand-new
formats in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex:
# ls /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/*.fmt
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
> # for f in `kpsewhere -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt`; do ls -l ${f}; done
Or slightly simpler (using -U to preserve the order produced by
kpsewhere):
# ls -lU `kpsewhere -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt`
or
# kpsewhere -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt | xargs ls -Ul
-Sanjoy
`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
--Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
On Saturday 30 September 2006 09:55, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> > Search for the stale cont-en.fmt and delete it.
>
> Right -- most likely produced by fmtutil before you commented out the
> automatic regeneration of context formats. Same problem happens with
> other Unix installations, e.g. I got bit a few times on Debian and
> Ubuntu. Here's one way to find the cont-en.fmt that you are using:
>
> $ kpsewhich -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt
> /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>
> (when pdfetex finishes turning into pdftex, as in the latest pdftex
> releases, the engine line should I guess change to pdftex)
>
> Then you can look at it's date and make sure it's the one you just
> generated.
>
> kpsewhere does a more general tex path search, which looks in each
> TEXMF tree (kpsewhich tells you only the first one it finds):
>
> $ kpsewhere -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt
> /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>
> -Sanjoy
>
> `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
> --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
OK, I regenerated "texexec --make en de nl; texexec --make metafun"
and checked to see what was created:
# for f in `kpsewhere -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt`; do ls -l ${f}; done
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6642152 Sep 30
16:04 /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6562550 Sep 29 15:21 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.fmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6562550 Sep 29 15:21 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.fmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6562550 Sep 29 15:21 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.fmt
So, today (Sept 30) /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt was created.
So I simply copied /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/* /var/lib/texmf/web2c/
"texexec new.tex" seems to run OK now, without error.
I'll investigate further.
THANKS.
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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
> Search for the stale cont-en.fmt and delete it. Right -- most likely produced by fmtutil before you commented out the automatic regeneration of context formats. Same problem happens with other Unix installations, e.g. I got bit a few times on Debian and Ubuntu. Here's one way to find the cont-en.fmt that you are using: $ kpsewhich -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt (when pdfetex finishes turning into pdftex, as in the latest pdftex releases, the engine line should I guess change to pdftex) Then you can look at it's date and make sure it's the one you just generated. kpsewhere does a more general tex path search, which looks in each TEXMF tree (kpsewhich tells you only the first one it finds): $ kpsewhere -engine=pdfetex cont-en.fmt /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
Hi, Looks like your update went fine excep that you have an old format file still on your disk: > > FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! Context source version used to generate cont-en.fmt: > FormatVersion : 2006.07.14 12:08 Current (runtime) source version: > FilesVersion: 2006.09.28 22:43 Search the stale cont-en.fmt and delete it. Greetings, Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
> And it is best not to use it since it ships a context that
> believes it is running on windows...
>
> Taco
OK,
I've uninstalled context: "mpm --uninstall=context"
as well as all other context packages installed through mpm:
for `f in mpm --list|grep context|grep ^i|tr -s [:space:]|cut -d ' ' -f 4`; \
do mpm --uninstall=${f}; done
Then I've downloaded
http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip
and followed the instructions in:
http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/minstall.pdf
# slocate fmtutil.cnf
/etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
/etc/texmf/fmtutil.d/00fmtutil.cnf
#texexec --make
#cd /usr/local/share/texmf
#unzip ~/DOWNLOADS/cont-tmf.zip
#texexec --make en de nl
#texexec --make metafun
I've also update /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf:
openaout_any = a
shell_escape = t
allow_multiple_suffixes = f
MPXCOMMAND=texexec --mptex
But I now get following error when I run:
$texexec new.tex
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex
executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : new
output : standard
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
\write18 enabled.
(/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./new.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.14 12:08 fmt: 2006.9.29 int: english mes: english
language: language en is active
system : cont-new loaded
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
FatalError : Your format does not match the base files!
FormatVersion : 2006.07.14 12:08
FilesVersion: 2006.09.28 22:43
return code : 0
run time : 1 seconds
sorting and checking : running texutil
TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
action : processing commands, lists and registers
option : sorting IJ under Y
option : converting high ASCII values
error : empty input file new
remark : 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec'
warning : use 'texmfstart texutil' instead
total run time : 1 seconds
warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/Test$ texexec new.tex
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex
executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : new
output : standard
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
\write18 enabled.
(/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./new.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.14 12:08 fmt: 2006.9.29 int: english mes: english
language: language en is active
system : cont-new loaded
(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
FatalError : Your format does not match the base files!
FormatVersion : 2006.07.14 12:08
FilesVersion: 2006.09.28 22:43
return code : 0
run time : 1 seconds
sorting and checking : running texutil
TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
action : processing commands, lists and registers
option : sorting IJ under Y
option : converting high ASCII values
error : empty input file new
remark : 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec'
warning : use 'texmfstart texutil' instead
total run time : 1 seconds
warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead
_
What does this Fatal error message mean?
FatalError : Your format does not match the base files!
FormatVersion : 2006.07.14 12:08
FilesVersion: 2006.09.28 22:43
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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
Steve Peter wrote: > On Sep 29, 2006, at 1:35 PM, John R. Culleton wrote: > > >>On Friday 29 September 2006 09:45, Jeremy Johnson wrote: >> >>>I'm having problems starting ConTeXt with texexec >>>on my Gentoo system. >>> >>>I've installed ConTeXt using the MikTeX Package Manager: >> >>Miktex is for Windows, not Linux. > > > There is now a MikTeX package manager for Linux. And it is best not to use it since it ships a context that believes it is running on windows... Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
On Sep 29, 2006, at 1:35 PM, John R. Culleton wrote: > On Friday 29 September 2006 09:45, Jeremy Johnson wrote: >> I'm having problems starting ConTeXt with texexec >> on my Gentoo system. >> >> I've installed ConTeXt using the MikTeX Package Manager: > > Miktex is for Windows, not Linux. There is now a MikTeX package manager for Linux. Steve ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
On Friday 29 September 2006 09:45, Jeremy Johnson wrote: > I'm having problems starting ConTeXt with texexec > on my Gentoo system. > > I've installed ConTeXt using the MikTeX Package Manager: Miktex is for Windows, not Linux. Try another distro, such as TeX Live or the the minimal distro at the Context site, www.pragma-ade.nl -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Problem with ConTeXt installation
I'm having problems starting ConTeXt with texexec
on my Gentoo system.
I've installed ConTeXt using the MikTeX Package Manager:
"for p in `mpm --list|grep context | tr -s [:space:] | cut -d ' ' -f 4`; do
mpm --install=$p; done"
followed by a "texhash" and an "updmap" for good measure,
and I've upgraded to the latest tetex-3.0_p1-r3 in Gentoo's portage.
I've also followed the guide:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_Installation#Updating_Gentoo_Linux
and modified /etc/texmf/fmtutil.d/00fmtutil.cnf
by adding a '*' where indicated in the above referenced wiki.
followed by texmf-update.
BUT:
$ texexec --version
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context'
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-en'
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt
fmtutil: no info for format `context'.
tex : unknown
context : ver: 2006.07.14 12:08
cont-en : unknown
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context'
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-nl'
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt
fmtutil: no info for format `context'.
cont-nl : unknown
total run time : 5 seconds
warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead
And if I try to process some contex file:
$ cat >test.tex < \starttext
> Hello World
> \stopttext
> EOF
$ texexec test.tex
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing texformat path : .:
{!!/home/jeremy/.texmf-config,!!/home/jeremy/.texmf-var,/home/jeremy/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf}/web2c/{$engine,}
fixing engine variable : pdfetex
executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : test
output : standard
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context'
pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-en'
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
(/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt
fmtutil: no info for format `context'.
I can't find the format file `context.fmt'!
return code : 256
run time : 1 seconds
total run time : 2 seconds
warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead
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