Trouble installing on Alpine Linux

Bryan Kaplan

21 Jun 2024 21 Jun '24

4:39 a.m.

Hi all, I'm a *TeX novice trying and failing to install ConTeXt on Alpine Linux. *Attempt #1*: Following https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation • Error: • install.sh: line 109: /opt/context/bin/mtxrun: not found • That file does exist, but attempting to execute it fails with that error. • Full (2>&1) output: https://paste.rs/R3PK9 *Attempt #2*: Following http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm • Explicitly grabbed “64 bit Linux Musl”. • Errors: • invalid database 'http://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx//tex/texmf-linuxmusl.tma' • sh: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl/bin/mtxrun: not found • That file actually does *not* exist. /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl is empty. • Full (2>&1) output: https://paste.rs/LjvkB Any suggestions on how I might proceed? Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

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Hans Hagen

21 Jun 21 Jun

9:15 a.m.

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Hi all,

I'm a *TeX novice trying and failing to install ConTeXt on Alpine Linux.

*Attempt #1*: Following https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation

* Error: o install.sh: line 109: /opt/context/bin/mtxrun: not found * That file does exist, but attempting to execute it fails with that error. * Full (2>&1) output: https://paste.rs/R3PK9 https://paste.rs/R3PK9

*Attempt #2*: Following http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm

* Explicitly grabbed “64 bit Linux Musl”. * Errors: o invalid database 'http://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx//tex/texmf-linuxmusl.tma' o sh: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl/bin/mtxrun: not found * That file actually does /not/ exist. /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl is empty. * Full (2>&1) output: https://paste.rs/LjvkB https://paste.rs/LjvkB

Any suggestions on how I might proceed?

On 6/21/2024 4:39 AM, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context wrote: permissions? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Bryan Kaplan

8:19 p.m.

On 2024-06-21 at 01:15:35-06:00, Hans Hagen via ntg-context set forth:

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permissions?

For Attempt #1, the “not found” mtxrun has 0755 permissions. I think the error is some odd side-effect of trying to run a glibc binary on a musl system. But I realized that I was confused by the installation instructions in Attempt #1. The instructions should say, “2. `wget [URL]`” to indicate to the installing user that “[URL]” must be manually specified. Instead the instructions currently provide a URL which happens to be wrong for my system, thus leading to the above problem. I should have read more closely, to see that it says the URL is supposed to be replaced. However, correcting for that oversight leads me to Attempt #2, which still fails as described in my first email. Has anyone successfully installed ConTeXt on Alpine? Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Hans Hagen

11:32 p.m.

On 6/21/2024 8:19 PM, Bryan Kaplan wrote:

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On 2024-06-21 at 01:15:35-06:00, Hans Hagen via ntg-context set forth:

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permissions?

For Attempt #1, the “not found” mtxrun has 0755 permissions. I think the error is some odd side-effect of trying to run a glibc binary on a musl system.

But I realized that I was confused by the installation instructions in Attempt #1. The instructions should say, “2. `wget [URL]`” to indicate to the installing user that “[URL]” must be manually specified. Instead the instructions currently provide a URL which happens to be wrong for my system, thus leading to the above problem. I should have read more closely, to see that it says the URL is supposed to be replaced.

However, correcting for that oversight leads me to Attempt #2, which still fails as described in my first email.

Has anyone successfully installed ConTeXt on Alpine? i installed an alpine on WSL to see what happens

- it looks like some 32/64 bit mixup ... this is a side effect of the fact that it take a bit of effort to see if we need musl - the buildbot doesn't generate the binaries (i can't login to the machine to check if the client is running at all) i'll see what i can do (will give some upload noise on the list) btw, i can compile luametatex on WSL alpine so i can use that binary you can do that as exercise: - apk add build-base - apk add cmake - go to tex/texmf-context/source/luametatex - chmod 755 build.sh - ./build.sh - copy bin from build/native Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Hans Hagen

11:51 p.m.

On 6/21/2024 8:19 PM, Bryan Kaplan wrote:

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On 2024-06-21 at 01:15:35-06:00, Hans Hagen via ntg-context set forth:

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permissions?

For Attempt #1, the “not found” mtxrun has 0755 permissions. I think the error is some odd side-effect of trying to run a glibc binary on a musl system.

But I realized that I was confused by the installation instructions in Attempt #1. The instructions should say, “2. `wget [URL]`” to indicate to the installing user that “[URL]” must be manually specified. Instead the instructions currently provide a URL which happens to be wrong for my system, thus leading to the above problem. I should have read more closely, to see that it says the URL is supposed to be replaced.

However, correcting for that oversight leads me to Attempt #2, which still fails as described in my first email.

Has anyone successfully installed ConTeXt on Alpine? can you try again, use a new installer zip

(i need to remember to generate musl bins myself pending build bot fix) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Bryan Kaplan

22 Jun 22 Jun

12:06 a.m.

On 2024-06-21 at 15:51:44-06:00, Hans Hagen set forth:

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can you try again, use a new installer zip (i need to remember to generate musl bins myself pending build bot fix)

Thank you so much, Hans. My initial impression is: that worked! Don't forget to generate the musl bins yourself, pending the build bot fix. Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Bryan Kaplan

12:38 a.m.

On 2024-06-21 at 16:06:35-06:00, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context set forth:

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On 2024-06-21 at 15:51:44-06:00, Hans Hagen set forth:

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can you try again, use a new installer zip (i need to remember to generate musl bins myself pending build bot fix)

Thank you so much, Hans. My initial impression is: that worked!

Don't forget to generate the musl bins yourself, pending the build bot fix.

…maybe, that is. The installer finished up by informing me:

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If you also want to run LuaTeX and MkIV you can provide --luatex but first the file database has to be generated (this time with context and not mtxrun):

context --luatex --generate context --luatex --make

But attempting that first command gives me, “startup error : no format file given, quitting”. My web search isn't helping. Do I need to specify some format file, and if so which? Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Bryan Kaplan

1:29 a.m.

On 2024-06-21 at 16:38:10-06:00, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context set forth:

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But attempting that first command gives me, “startup error : no format file given, quitting”. My web search isn't helping. Do I need to specify some format file, and if so which?

To elaborate, I get the same error when attempting the test suggested in the installation instructions. ``` $ context /tmp/test.tex startup error : no format file given, quitting ``` Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Bryan Kaplan

1:46 a.m.

I tried manually specifying this format file, but then get this error: ``` $ context --fmt=/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.fmt /tmp/test.tex startup error : missing find_format_file callback ``` So I'm no longer convinced installation fully succeeded. Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Bruce Horrocks

12:51 p.m.

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On 22 Jun 2024, at 00:46, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context wrote:

So I'm no longer convinced installation fully succeeded.

Hi Bryan, Not sure if this helps but a while back I was able to produce a Docker build of Context based on Alpine. The instructions and Docker file are here: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg98307.html Regards, — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

Bryan Kaplan

6:14 p.m.

On 2024-06-22 at 04:51:48-06:00, Bruce Horrocks set forth:

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Not sure if this helps but a while back I was able to produce a Docker build of Context based on Alpine.

The instructions and Docker file are here: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg98307.html

Thank you, Bruce. I appreciate your help, but I'm not sure it applies — please correct me if I'm mistaken. I'm running Alpine on bare metal, and the musl `luametatex` binary seems operable. The problem seems, as far as I can tell, that the installation failed to establish whatever settings provide defaults, which is why (for example) it has no format file by default. I could certainly be wrong, as this is very new to me. Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Bruce Horrocks

10 p.m.

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On 22 Jun 2024, at 17:14, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context wrote:

On 2024-06-22 at 04:51:48-06:00, Bruce Horrocks set forth:

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Not sure if this helps but a while back I was able to produce a Docker build of Context based on Alpine.

The instructions and Docker file are here: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg98307.html

Thank you, Bruce. I appreciate your help, but I'm not sure it applies — please correct me if I'm mistaken. I'm running Alpine on bare metal, and the musl `luametatex` binary seems operable. The problem seems, as far as I can tell, that the installation failed to establish whatever settings provide defaults, which is why (for example) it has no format file by default. I could certainly be wrong, as this is very new to me.

Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Sorry, I mis-remembered: at that time there was no MUSL version of Context so it was a way of getting gibc installed and using the regular Linux version. — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

Hans Hagen

23 Jun 23 Jun

1:25 p.m.

On 6/22/2024 6:14 PM, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context wrote:

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On 2024-06-22 at 04:51:48-06:00, Bruce Horrocks set forth:

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Not sure if this helps but a while back I was able to produce a Docker build of Context based on Alpine.

The instructions and Docker file are here: <https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg98307.html https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg98307.html>

Thank you, Bruce. I appreciate your help, but I'm not sure it applies — please correct me if I'm mistaken. I'm running Alpine on bare metal, and the musl `luametatex` binary seems operable. The problem seems, as far as I can tell, that the installation failed to establish whatever settings provide defaults, which is why (for example) it has no format file by default. I could certainly be wrong, as this is very new to me. i just tested again an install (using the latest musl installer) on an alpine WSL instance and it works ok; i can also process a tex file (when i set the path right as reported by the installer)

\starttext test \stoptext : mkiv lua stats > used platform: linuxmusl-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linuxmusl-64 mkiv lua stats > used engine: luametatex version: 2.11.04, functionality level: 2024014, format id: 703, compiler: gcc mkiv lua stats > tex properties: 807106 hash slots used of 2097152, 52050 control sequences, approximate memory usage: 49 MB mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua 5.5, used memory: 57 MB, ctx: 54 MB, max: 54 MB, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.488 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 2.050 pages/second Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Bryan Kaplan

24 Jun 24 Jun

4:05 a.m.

On 2024-06-23 at 05:25:32-06:00, Hans Hagen via ntg-context set forth:

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i just tested again an install (using the latest musl installer) on an alpine WSL instance and it works ok; i can also process a tex file (when i set the path right as reported by the installer) \starttext test \stoptext :

mkiv lua stats > used platform: linuxmusl-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linuxmusl-64 mkiv lua stats > used engine: luametatex version: 2.11.04, functionality level: 2024014, format id: 703, compiler: gcc mkiv lua stats > tex properties: 807106 hash slots used of 2097152, 52050 control sequences, approximate memory usage: 49 MB mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua 5.5, used memory: 57 MB, ctx: 54 MB, max: 54 MB, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.488 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 2.050 pages/second

I tried installing from scratch, and again I now face the exact same failure. I read the install log output a little closer, and noticed this:

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mtx-install | running: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context --luatex --generate mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --generate --redirected sh: luatex: not found

I wonder if your test environment is really equivalent to a fresh Alpine install, or if there might be any previously installations that are allowing it to appear to succeed. Does it work if you try inside Docker? I'm not sure what else I can try. Where's that `luatex` call supposed to be found? Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Henning Hraban Ramm

7:20 a.m.

Am 24.06.24 um 04:05 schrieb Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context:

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mtx-install | running: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context --luatex --generate mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --generate --redirected sh: luatex: not found

I wonder if your test environment is really equivalent to a fresh Alpine install, or if there might be any previously installations that are allowing it to appear to succeed. Does it work if you try inside Docker?

I'm not sure what else I can try. Where's that `luatex` call supposed to be found?

Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV? mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever. Hraban

Bryan Kaplan

7:29 a.m.

On 2024-06-23 at 23:20:19-06:00, Henning Hraban Ramm set forth:

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Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever.

Hraban

Yes, that command which is run by install.sh — `/opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context --luatex --generate` — does indeed succeed when the `--luatex` flag is removed. (I have to wonder why install.sh attempts to run an unsupported command.) But still, after running `context --generate`, I still get “startup error : no format file given, quitting” when running `context /tmp/test.tex`. And manually specifying that format file from the installed luametatex-cache still produces “startup error : missing find_format_file callback”. Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Hans Hagen

9:30 a.m.

On 6/24/2024 7:29 AM, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context wrote:

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On 2024-06-23 at 23:20:19-06:00, Henning Hraban Ramm set forth:

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Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever.

Hraban

Yes, that command which is run by install.sh — `/opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context --luatex --generate` — does indeed succeed when the `--luatex` flag is removed. (I have to wonder why install.sh attempts to run an unsupported command.)

because luatex can be in the installation for platforms where i can fetch it

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But still, after running `context --generate`, I still get “startup error : no format file given, quitting” when running `context /tmp/test.tex`. And manually specifying that format file from the installed luametatex-cache still produces “startup error : missing find_format_file callback”. i have no clue ... maybe another alpine or musl user knows, i can only test it on WSL now

Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Hans Hagen

9:31 a.m.

On 6/24/2024 7:20 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

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Am 24.06.24 um 04:05 schrieb Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context:

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mtx-install | running: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context --luatex --generate mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --generate --redirected sh: luatex: not found

I wonder if your test environment is really equivalent to a fresh Alpine install, or if there might be any previously installations that are allowing it to appear to succeed. Does it work if you try inside Docker?

I'm not sure what else I can try. Where's that `luatex` call supposed to be found?

Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever. Do you have a bin then? And ran mtxrun --generate --luatex ?

Henning Hraban Ramm

10:02 a.m.

Am 24.06.24 um 09:31 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:

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Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever. Do you have a bin then? And ran mtxrun --generate --luatex ?

Sorry, I didn’t want to hijack the thread. Good hint – of course I don’t have a luatex binary besides that from TeX live 2023 that doesn’t work with latest LMTX/MkIV. Hraban

Bryan Kaplan

10:08 a.m.

I figured it out! It was my own fault. Here's what happened. My $PATH already had “/opt” in it, for other binaries. I added the path to the `context` binary (which is a path inside /opt/context) to the end of $PATH. So invoking `context` created confusion because the first found item matching “context” in the $PATH is a directory. I don't entirely understand why that produced this particular result, but it's a very easy problem to fix. Thank you all so much for helping me out. I wouldn't have arrived at this understanding without your convincing me that the problem's specific to my own machine. What a relief that I can focus on actually using ConTeXt now. Thank you again. Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

Hans Hagen

11:11 a.m.

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Am 24.06.24 um 09:31 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:

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Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever. Do you have a bin then? And ran mtxrun --generate --luatex ?

Sorry, I didn’t want to hijack the thread.

Good hint – of course I don’t have a luatex binary besides that from TeX live 2023 that doesn’t work with latest LMTX/MkIV. hm, normally it should because nothign gets added to luatex but maybe one of these 'change default behaviour startup due to whataver security

On 6/24/2024 10:02 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: policy' interferes (not much we can do about that apart from trying to be in sync) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Henning Hraban Ramm

12:50 p.m.

New subject: getting LuaTeX to work (was: Trouble installing on Alpine Linux)

Am 24.06.24 um 11:11 schrieb Hans Hagen:

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Am 24.06.24 um 09:31 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:

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Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever. Do you have a bin then? And ran mtxrun --generate --luatex ?

Sorry, I didn’t want to hijack the thread.

Good hint – of course I don’t have a luatex binary besides that from TeX live 2023 that doesn’t work with latest LMTX/MkIV. hm, normally it should because nothign gets added to luatex but maybe one of these 'change default behaviour startup due to whataver security

On 6/24/2024 10:02 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: policy' interferes (not much we can do about that apart from trying to be in sync)

TeX Live binaries are a tangled web of symlinks, at least on OSX. I finally found the real binary in /usr/local/texlive/2023/bin/universal-darwin/, but symlinking it into my ~/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin doesn’t help, I get: $ context --make --luatex mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/Users/hraban/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --script mtx-context --make --luatex --redirected mtxrun | unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua' … the same "unknown script" error as without the symlink, when the luatex binary is found on the PATH. And yes, "mtxrun --generate --luatex" worked. Might it be a conflict of texmfcnf.lua ? Hraban

Hans Hagen

2:39 p.m.

New subject: getting LuaTeX to work

On 6/24/2024 12:50 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

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Am 24.06.24 um 11:11 schrieb Hans Hagen:

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Am 24.06.24 um 09:31 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:

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Does it work without --luatex, i.e. does it work for LMTX but not MkIV?

mtxrun --generate --luatex works for me (on OSX), but context --make --luatex doesn’t since forever. Do you have a bin then? And ran mtxrun --generate --luatex ?

Sorry, I didn’t want to hijack the thread.

Good hint – of course I don’t have a luatex binary besides that from TeX live 2023 that doesn’t work with latest LMTX/MkIV. hm, normally it should because nothign gets added to luatex but maybe one of these 'change default behaviour startup due to whataver security policy' interferes (not much we can do about that apart from

On 6/24/2024 10:02 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: trying to be in sync)

TeX Live binaries are a tangled web of symlinks, at least on OSX.

I finally found the real binary in /usr/local/texlive/2023/bin/universal-darwin/, but symlinking it into my ~/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin doesn’t help, I get:

$ context --make --luatex mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/Users/hraban/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --script mtx-context --make --luatex --redirected mtxrun | unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua'

… the same "unknown script" error as without the symlink, when the luatex binary is found on the PATH. And yes, "mtxrun --generate --luatex" worked.

Might it be a conflict of texmfcnf.lua ? could be ... there was some change between tl2023 and tl 2024 and then again after the tl 2024 release

and indeed this symlink chain is a problem, hard to follow also, and afaik a long term side effect of a gwtex / mactex / texlive transition but i guess you can just install and then adapt the path to your liking, no need to operate in the texlive structure Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Henning Hraban Ramm

4:25 p.m.

New subject: getting LuaTeX to work

Am 24.06.24 um 14:39 schrieb Hans Hagen:

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… the same "unknown script" error as without the symlink, when the luatex binary is found on the PATH. And yes, "mtxrun --generate --luatex" worked.

Might it be a conflict of texmfcnf.lua ? could be ... there was some change between tl2023 and tl 2024 and then again after the tl 2024 release

and indeed this symlink chain is a problem, hard to follow also, and afaik a long term side effect of a gwtex / mactex / texlive transition

but i guess you can just install and then adapt the path to your liking, no need to operate in the texlive structure

Well, I use LMTX from its distribution and LaTeX from TeX live, and that’s usually enough. I just thought it would be nice to be able to check MkIV occasionally. But even if I take LMTX out of my PATH, TL23’s context can’t make a format, neither LMTX nor MkIV. I’ll try upgrading to TL24… Hraban

Hans Hagen

9:33 a.m.

On 6/24/2024 4:05 AM, Bryan Kaplan via ntg-context wrote:

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On 2024-06-23 at 05:25:32-06:00, Hans Hagen via ntg-context set forth:

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i just tested again an install (using the latest musl installer) on an alpine WSL instance and it works ok; i can also process a tex file (when i set the path right as reported by the installer) \starttext test \stoptext :

mkiv lua stats > used platform: linuxmusl-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linuxmusl-64 mkiv lua stats > used engine: luametatex version: 2.11.04, functionality level: 2024014, format id: 703, compiler: gcc mkiv lua stats > tex properties: 807106 hash slots used of 2097152, 52050 control sequences, approximate memory usage: 49 MB mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua 5.5, used memory: 57 MB, ctx: 54 MB, max: 54 MB, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.488 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 2.050 pages/second

I tried installing from scratch, and again I now face the exact same failure. I read the install log output a little closer, and noticed this: forget about the --luatex flag, that's not for luametatex

Bryan Kaplan

9:45 a.m.

On 2024-06-24 at 01:31:46-06:00, Hans Hagen via ntg-context set forth:

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Do you have a bin then? And ran mtxrun --generate --luatex ? Hans

Yes, at least I ran that command just now and it apparently succeeded. I just discovered something relevant and useful. Check this out: $ context /tmp/test.tex startup error : no format file given, quitting $ which context /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context $ /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin/context /tmp/test.tex resolvers | formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format': [snip] So it's some kind of invocation bug. I'm revealed to know I can use ConTeXt now, but I wonder if there's a way to fix this. Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

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