Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt in Windows (XP)

2011/8/12 Mari Voipio

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 18:14, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

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I like to install ConTeXt on a Windows (XP) machine (so I can make an installation manual). I use:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Installation_and_use_on_Win...

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The preferable setup would be with the GUI. But when I do this. I get: update failed Error code: 1 and Make failed Error code: 1

What is happening here?

That has been broken for a looonnng while and I know, I should've gotten around to working with Vyatcheslav on it [I found an extra problem while trying it on Win7], but that just hasn't happened.

I do not want to be obnoxious, but should the WiKi not have been updated then? In the mean while, see if this helps:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Windows_Installation, especially the note at < http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Windows_Installation#Step_1:_Download_a...

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I'll do that. Can it also be installed with TeXworks? I had a real fight with my 64-bit Win7 over the installation and then

I just decided to give up and try again the next working day and shut down the computer. And lo and behold, when I booted it up the next work morning, everything worked - so I guess I didn't boot it often enough.

That is a very annoying thing: rebooting 'resolves' problems under Windows.

Hmm.... I think I'm currently using an XP that's never had ConTeXt on it. And I have the admin priviledges... I might give it a try Sunday or Monday, if you can't get your installation sorted out before that!

I hope I will have, but if not, I would appreciate this very much. -- Cecil Westerhof