I've done the following steps on two different machines (both running Gentoo Linux) for installing ConTeXt minimals.

mkdir /opt/context cd /opt/context rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . ./first-setup.sh cd <working directory for foo.tex> . /opt/context/tex/setuptex context foo.tex

There seems to be problems with ConTeXt finding fonts. The output from the `context foo.tex` run(s) is below: Troy --

context foo.tex

mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="foo" --lua="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./foo.tex" --c:input="./foo.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=8 "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.78.2 (TeX Live 2014/dev) (rev 4746) \write18 enabled. (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.02.14 17:07 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.2.15 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) system > files > jobname 'foo', input './foo', result 'foo' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active (/home/thenders/tmp/foo.tex{/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lmroman12-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'lmroman12-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'lmroman12-regular' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-rm-tf-0--0' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--3' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--2' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--1' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--3' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--2' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--1' fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt backend > xmp > using file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1 fonts > !! No bodyfont has been defined and no defaults have been fonts > !! loaded (maybe due to a missing \starttext). ) ) mkiv lua stats > used config file: selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path: /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e mkiv lua stats > resource resolver: loadtime 0.004 seconds, 0 scans with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 8 found files, scanned paths: <none> mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data: 347 modules (0.150 sec), 69 tables (0.000 sec), 416 chunks (0.150 sec) mkiv lua stats > running in nuts mode: yes mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes: 42 nodes, 443 lists of 442 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage: 2 glue, 2 penalty, 9 attribute, 25 glue_spec, 3 attribute_list, 2 temp mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks: 6 unique task lists, 5 instances (re)created, 39 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend: pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns: en::2, load time: 0.000 mkiv lua stats > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.000 seconds loading mkiv lua stats > callbacks: 133 direct, 180 indirect, 313 total mkiv lua stats > result saved in file: foo.pdf, compresslevel 3, objectcompreslevel 3 mkiv lua stats > used platform: linux-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linux-64, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > luatex banner: this is luatex, version beta-0.78.2 (tex live 2014/dev) (rev 4746) mkiv lua stats > control sequences: 38226 of 65536 + 100000 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage: 30 MB (ctx: 30 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.210 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 4.762 pages/second mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="foo" --lua="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=2 --c:fulljobname="./foo.tex" --c:input="./foo.tex" --c:kindofrun=2 --c:maxnofruns=8 "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.78.2 (TeX Live 2014/dev) (rev 4746) \write18 enabled. (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.02.14 17:07 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.2.15 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) system > files > jobname 'foo', input './foo', result 'foo' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active (/home/thenders/tmp/foo.tex{/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lmroman12-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'lmroman12-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'lmroman12-regular' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-rm-tf-0--0' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--3' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--2' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--1' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--3' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--2' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--1' fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt backend > xmp > using file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1 fonts > !! No bodyfont has been defined and no defaults have been fonts > !! loaded (maybe due to a missing \starttext). ) ) mkiv lua stats > used config file: selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path: /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e mkiv lua stats > resource resolver: loadtime 0.004 seconds, 0 scans with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 8 found files, scanned paths: <none> mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data: 347 modules (0.150 sec), 69 tables (0.000 sec), 416 chunks (0.150 sec) mkiv lua stats > running in nuts mode: yes mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes: 42 nodes, 443 lists of 442 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage: 2 glue, 2 penalty, 9 attribute, 25 glue_spec, 3 attribute_list, 2 temp mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks: 6 unique task lists, 5 instances (re)created, 39 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend: pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns: en::2, load time: 0.000 mkiv lua stats > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.001 seconds loading mkiv lua stats > callbacks: 133 direct, 180 indirect, 313 total mkiv lua stats > randomizer: initialized with value 0.91948446813947 mkiv lua stats > result saved in file: foo.pdf, compresslevel 3, objectcompreslevel 3 mkiv lua stats > used platform: linux-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linux-64, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > luatex banner: this is luatex, version beta-0.78.2 (tex live 2014/dev) (rev 4746) mkiv lua stats > control sequences: 38225 of 65536 + 100000 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage: 31 MB (ctx: 30 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.219 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 4.566 pages/second mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="foo" --lua="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=3 --c:fulljobname="./foo.tex" --c:input="./foo.tex" --c:kindofrun=2 --c:maxnofruns=8 "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.78.2 (TeX Live 2014/dev) (rev 4746) \write18 enabled. (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.02.14 17:07 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.2.15 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) system > files > jobname 'foo', input './foo', result 'foo' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active (/home/thenders/tmp/foo.tex{/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lmroman12-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'lmroman12-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'lmroman12-regular' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-rm-tf-0--0' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--3' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--2' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mr--1' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--3' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--2' fonts > defining > forced type 'otf' of 'latinmodern-math-regular' not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'latinmodern-math-regular' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font 'latinmodern-math-regular', loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define 'latinmodern-math-regular.otf' as 'modern-designsize-12pt-mm-mb--1' fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt fonts > math: unset for global bodyfont modern-designsize at 12pt backend > xmp > using file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1 fonts > !! No bodyfont has been defined and no defaults have been fonts > !! loaded (maybe due to a missing \starttext). ) ) mkiv lua stats > used config file: selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path: /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e mkiv lua stats > resource resolver: loadtime 0.004 seconds, 0 scans with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 8 found files, scanned paths: <none> mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data: 347 modules (0.150 sec), 69 tables (0.000 sec), 416 chunks (0.150 sec) mkiv lua stats > running in nuts mode: yes mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes: 42 nodes, 443 lists of 442 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage: 2 glue, 2 penalty, 9 attribute, 25 glue_spec, 3 attribute_list, 2 temp mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks: 6 unique task lists, 5 instances (re)created, 39 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend: pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns: en::2, load time: 0.000 mkiv lua stats > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.001 seconds loading mkiv lua stats > callbacks: 133 direct, 180 indirect, 313 total mkiv lua stats > randomizer: resumed with value 0.91948446813947 mkiv lua stats > result saved in file: foo.pdf, compresslevel 3, objectcompreslevel 3 mkiv lua stats > used platform: linux-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linux-64, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > luatex banner: this is luatex, version beta-0.78.2 (tex live 2014/dev) (rev 4746) mkiv lua stats > control sequences: 38226 of 65536 + 100000 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage: 31 MB (ctx: 31 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.215 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 4.651 pages/second system | total runtime: 1.379 seconds