At 09:07 AM 5/24/2006, you wrote:

Hans mentioned the minimal context linux distribution.

OK, I deleted everything I did yesterday and started over. This time I (think) I tried the minimal contex distribution. Things still aren't working. I am on Redhat Enterprise Linux v4. Thanks again for the help. - Neal Here is what I did today: download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/justtex.zip download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/linuxtex.zip move both files to /usr/local cd /usr/local unzip -a justtex.zip unzip -a linuxtex.zip Set up environment: export TEXROOT=/usr/local/tex export TMP=/var/tmp export TEXMFMAIN=$TEXROOT/texmf export TEXMFLOCAL=$TEXROOT/texmf-local export TEXMFFONTS=$TEXROOT/texmf-fonts export TEXMFEXTRA=$TEXROOT/texmf-extra export TEXMFPROJECT=$TEXROOT/texmf-project export TEXMFOS=$TEXROOT/texmf-linux export VARTEXMF=$TMP/texmf-var export TEXARCH=i686 # the results of uname -m export TEXUNIX=Linux # the results of uname -s export PATH=$TEXMFOS/bin:$PATH export HOMETEXMF=$HOME/Library/texmf export TEXMFCNF=$TEXROOT/texmf/web2c export TEXMF=$TEXMFMAIN export TEXMFDBS=$TEXMF export TEXFORMATS=$TEXMFOS/web2c export MPMEMS=$TEXFORMATS export TEXPOOL=$TEXFORMATS export MPPOOL=$TEXPOOL export RUBYLIB=$TEXMFLOCAL/scripts/context/ruby:$RUBYLIB export CTXMINIMAL=yes create the directory specified by $VARTEXMF cd $TEXMFOS/bin chmod +x * chmod -x xpdfsuite.zip download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip mv cont-tmp.zip to $TEXROOT/texmf cd $TEXROOT/texmf unzip -ao cont-tmf.zip copy texmf/context/config/texexec.rme texexec.ini texexec --verbose Output: TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | --check check versions TeXExec | --figures generate overview of figures TeXExec | --listing list of file content TeXExec | --make make formats TeXExec | --modules generate module documentation TeXExec | --mptex process mp file TeXExec | --mpxtex process mpx file TeXExec | --pdfarrange impose pages (booklets) TeXExec | --pdfcombine combine multiple pages TeXExec | --pdfcopy copy pages from file(s) TeXExec | --pdfselect select pages from file(s) TeXExec | --pdftrim trim pages from file(s) TeXExec | --process process file TeXExec | TeXExec | --help --all shows all switches texexec --make en de nl Output: TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database sed: -e expression #1, char 3: unterminated `s' command sed: -e expression #1, char 3: unterminated `s' command mktexlsr: /usr/local/tex/texmf/ls-R lacks magic string. Skipping... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdfetex TeXExec | using tex format path /usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/web2c/pdfetex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/tex/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode ! I can't find file `cont-en'. <*> *cont-en Please type another input file name: I'm stuck because I can't find a file 'cont-en' either.