# whereis mpost mpost: /usr/bin/mpost /usr/share/man/man1/mpost.1.gz
Does it work? That is if you compile
beginfig(1) draw fullcircle scaled 3cm ; endfig ; end ;
using `mp file.mp` do you get a correct file.1 file (open it using a ps viewer).
$ mpost file.mp && okular file.1 shows me a nice circle. mp is not available on my system, but mpost claims to be metapost: $ mpost -version MetaPost 1.208 does context expect it as 'mp'? I could create a alias mp --> mpost
Otherwise I don't know why you are getting erratic behavior with metapost. Sometimes, an extra run helps.
i tried it several times and deleted the .pdf files before. I wonder why context is so quiet if errors occour. If something fails it should always break with errorcode != 0
As explained on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV you need to run
luatools --generate.
i suppose its a bug of the debian package if i have to run it
after installation via .deb system.
as user i did now:
$ luatools --generate
MTXrun | forcing cache reload
MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found
MTXrun | resolvers
MTXrun | resolvers
MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated
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'
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seems something goes wrong here too.
Kind regards and thank you a lot for your help.
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Jonas Stein