Hi, I don't know whether the following is related to what is being discussed at the moment, but when trying to install a new version of minimals (in a separate, fresh directory), compiling a test file fails with the following message: On the Mac (Leopard): Setting "/Users/bonasia/contextexp/tex" as TEXROOT. bonasa:contextexp bonasia$ cd ~/Documents/alectoris/archives/talks/medges/longlife/ bonasa:longlife bonasia$ texmfstart texexec handout_longlife TeXExec | processing document 'handout_longlife' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file handout_longlife.top TeXExec | using randomseed 553 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (Web2C 7.5.7) \write18 enabled. (/Users/bonasia/contextexp/tex/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx) I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.073803 On ubuntu (9.04): Setting "/home/tetrao/newtex/tex" as TEXROOT. tetrao@tetrao:~/Desktop/test$ texmfstart texexec test TeXExec | processing document 'test' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1368 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en pdftex: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory TeXExec | runtime: 0.035289 The old Minimals, which I kept, are still working on both computers. Thanks for suggestions, Jörg