Re: [NTG-context] Issue running ConTeXt from TeX Live 2019 on Alpine Linux 3.12

On 1 May 2021, at 21:35, Nicola wrote:

On 2021-05-01, Bruce Horrocks wrote:

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On 30 Apr 2021, at 19:53, Nicola wrote:

I'd like to run ConTeXt on Alpine Linux (ultimately, to run it on an iPad with the iSH app). I am currently testing it with Docker. This is what I have done:

docker pull econcz/x86-alpine-glibc:ish-import

Why is your first line not

$ docker pull alpine

I was following the documentation of iSH, which is where I want to use the container eventually. But I may probably use the alpine image as well, which is more up to date and allows me to install TeX Live 2020.

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I would start with that then test each new step at the interactive shell before adding to the compose file and moving onto the next step.

Unfortunately, even with the image above I get the same errors.

Sorry for the late reply - I missed this in the thread. You're not going to be able to get the Docker container to run on the iPad if that's what you were ultimately hoping. This is because of the different processor types used by most PCs versus the iPad. As far as I know there is no way to get Docker installed on a PC to cross-compile for the ARM architecture of an iPad; and even if you could, the resulting image would have to be cryptographically signed by a registered Apple developer and then signed by Apple or it won't run. The iSH documentation that I briefly looked at used a 'side-load' technique i.e. relied on what's called a 'jailbroken' iPad. This invalidates your warranty yadda yadda and you don't really want to go there except perhaps for the intellectual exercise. The next best alternative would be to run TeX Live plus LMTX on a PC and connect to it remotely using the iPad. This could be via a text-only terminal app or a remote desktop app. The remote PC that you connect to could be yours at home (cheap but carries a security risk unless you know what you're doing) or in the cloud (requires a subscription but the security is less of an issue since you build the machine to be disposable on the assumption that hackers will get to it). Either way, I don't think Docker is the first choice solution (unless, perhaps, you have a home NAS that supports Docker - yet another option). If you still want to build a Docker container then please say so - as I'm sure it could be done. — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK