I think I might completely uninstall my current TeXlive (2011) and install the newest one from CTAN, as you recommend.  I also run into problems when I want to run both ConTeXt and plain TeX or LaTeX: I was using TeX on some old files yesterday, and because my path was set up to reference the /opt/context tree before the /usr/share/texmf tree, TeX kept giving errors.  So I needed to fiddle with my path first.  (One day I'll convert my TeX files to ConTeXt, but that requires more time than I have right now.)

Thanks, everybody!


On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Bill Meahan <subscribed_lists@meahan.net> wrote:
On 02/28/2013 06:51 PM, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
Actually, maybe my version is a bit old: context --version returns 2011.05.18 18:04.  I'll try to update it.  (I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, but when I tried to update using apt-get the system told me that I had the latest version).  In the meantime I'll try your alternative.

Thanks!

Most of the software in the repository is a few to several revisions behind. The texlive package, for example, is from 2009  :(

Best to install the standalone or install texlive yourself using the installer from CTAN. I have both on my 12.04 system though I mostly use the standalone version.

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Bill Meahan
Westland, Michigan USA


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