At Aditya's suggestion, I'm cross-posting this from tex.stackexchange.com [Executive Summary: I might be missing something really simple and I might be overcomplicating something really easy. In short: 1: I installed MacTeX 2010. 2: I updated all packages using the normal trees. 3: I changed my TEXMFHOME variable in /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf.cnf to "~/src/texmf", which is where I keep my custom modules/templates/packages. (This is normally within our github source control, but hasn't been yet.) and moved the content from the old directory to the new. 4: I was beating my head against the wall, trying to make font selection work using typescriptfile/typescript as well as simplefont. The closest I could get was with simplefont and Palatino spewing garbage text. 5: I decided to try "http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/" with tlmgr using "sudo tlmgr --repository http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010 update -all" 6: I "sudo texconfig rehash"ed (seemed okay), "sudo mtxrun --generate" (seemed okay). Then I "sudo luatools --generate" and got something that ended with " MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua'" 7: Just typing "luatools" results in: "MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua'" 8: I tried editing the two texmfcnf.lua files that I found with: return { content = { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var', TEXMFHOME = '~/src/texmf-trms', }, TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var', } But had no effect. That is where I'm at right now. Whenever I try to compile, I get: MTXrun | warning: no format found, forcing remake (commandline driven) MTXrun | running command: luatools --generate MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' MTXrun | running command: luatools --make --compile cont-en MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting MTXrun | total runtime: 0.321 The rest of this email is a more verbose description. Hopefully this helps you and me, as well. (if only in the documentation department. :)) ] /endexecutive summary %:) Copied then updated from: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/5454/updating-to-beta-builds-of-conte... On a fresh install of MacTeX 2010, I was having issues with `mtxrun` finding fonts and with fonts in general. I decided to try to dl the betas. In an earlier question(http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/5405/switching-to-context-minimals-mi... (Thanks Kahled!) I found that the ConTeXt minimals were not proper in this scenario. So I followed the advice and used this repository. After running: sudo tlmgr --repository http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010 update -all ...I did everything that I could think of to update the system at various stages (I'm sure not everything was neutral or helpful)... sudo texconfig rehash sudo texconfig init sudo mtxrun --generate sudo luatools --generate The last command is the issue, as it generates: MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' In my search on the interweb, I found that perhaps `texmfcnf.lua` needed the following: return { content = { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var', TEXMFHOME = '~/Library/texmf-trms', }, TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var', } I did this to the file that I located in `/usr/local/texlive/2010/`. I later found evidence that perhaps another `texmfcnf.lua` file needed this golden block of code, but I could not find another instance of this file. So... whassup? It's a clean install if MacTeX 2010. I wonder what I'm missing. Once this is solved, I'll post another question about fonts, as I have yet to get those working with LuaTeX as the engine and `simplefonts` as the method. `mtxrun` never has anything in its list of fonts (`mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=*` or any conceivable variation) and most font choices don't register at all, or in the odd case of Palatino, result in garbage text. I have my `OSFONTS` variable set to `/Library/Fonts`. But alas, for another question. I only post it here in case the two issues are related. Thanks everyone! UPDATE: I ran `sudo luatex --generate --verbose` Here is the output: MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-darwin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '/usr/local/texlive/2010' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to 'bin' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: loading configuration file '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmfcnf.lua' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: loading configuration file '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: locating list of '/Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: handler 'tree:////Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms' -> 'locators' -> 'path=/Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms | noscheme=false | query= | scheme=tree | original=tree:////Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms | fragment= | authority=' MTXrun | resolvers: hash 'tree:////Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms' appended MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-project' (cached) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-fonts' (cached) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-local' (cached) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-context' (cached) MTXrun | resolvers: locating list of '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf' (cached) MTXrun | resolvers: tex locator '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf' found MTXrun | resolvers: hash '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf' appended MTXrun | resolvers: locating list of '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist' (cached) MTXrun | resolvers: tex locator '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist' found MTXrun | resolvers: hash '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist' appended MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: handler 'tree:////Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms' -> 'hashers' -> 'path=/Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms | noscheme=false | query= | scheme=tree | original=tree:////Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms | fragment= | authority=' MTXrun | resolvers: scanning path '/Users/andrew/src/texmf-trms' MTXrun | resolvers: 596 files found on 114 directories with 62 uppercase remappings MTXrun | resolvers: loading 'files' for '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf' from '/Users/andrew/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/210a81d6dcb1059dc80fab3f5470ab7a/trees/1240e363db2f4c53de58379d2b0c6f6b' MTXrun | resolvers: loading 'files' for '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist' from '/Users/andrew/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/210a81d6dcb1059dc80fab3f5470ab7a/trees/26993469c6208234eef0d0acf8456c4d' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-base.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' Okay, I see where it's loading `'/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua'`. Given that my TEXMFHOME tds is set to `~/src/texmf-trms` I edited it to say this within `content:` -- ORIG: TEXMFHOME = "$HOME/texmf", -- "tree:///$HOME/texmf" TEXMFHOME = "~/src/texmf-trms", -- "tree:///$HOME/texmf" ...and this after, but before `return:` closes: -- ORIG: TEXMFCACHE = "$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-cache", -- for old times sake TEXMFCACHE = "~/Library/texlive/2010/texmf-var", -- for old times sake Since I did not change the TEXMFCACHE setting. (As you may be able to tell by now, I don't know what I'm doing. :) ) Running `sudo luatools --generate --verbose` had the same effect, ending with: MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-base.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' I tried `sudo mtxrun --generate` which seemed to work, but did not affect `luatools` in any way. I've tried `rehash`ing, then `mtxrun` then `luatools`. No joy. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!