texlive-context problem on Ubuntu
I'm having problems running ConTeXt on my Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty). I have installed the texlive and texlive-context packages from the ubuntu repository with apt-get. $ sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-context Everything fine up to this point. Then I tested the principal programs: $ tex --verbose $ latex --verbose $ texexec --verbose I've made page-tests with TeX and LaTeX without problems, but with ConTeXt the "thing" is different. texexec is installed on the system, but when I try to build a test-page (a very simple one) texexec fails. The code of my test file is the same I have found on the ConTeXt Wiki: hello.tex: \starttext Hello World \stoptext That's all. The resulting screen is too long to post it here, but the last lines show this: . . . ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 \starttext ? As you can see, texexec have problems finding the \starttext definition, I supose that this is related with the system paths, I've expended some time (several hours indeed) trying to figure out what the problem is and trying to fix it. I modify the texexec.ini with my system's texlive paths, and I've followed the instructions I've found on the ConTeXt Wiki but all was in vain. I get suscribed to this mailing list with the hope that somebody could tell me what's wrong and how can I fix this problem. thank you very much
Majukatur wrote:
I'm having problems running ConTeXt on my Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty).
You did not install the latin modern fonts: texlive-fonts-recommended You may need some other packages as well. Please check on the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Ubuntu_installation Best wishes, Taco
You did not install the latin modern fonts: texlive-fonts-recommended
I don't think that package includes the latin modern fonts. The 'lmodern' package (which has ec-lmr10.tfm etc.) might also be needed. I'm not sure why texlive-context does not automatically depend on the proper font packages. Here are its dependencies: $ apt-cache show texlive-context Depends: perl-tk, libxml-parser-perl, texlive-pdfetex, texlive-base | tetex-bin, texlive-common (>= 2005.dfsg.2-1), texlive-metapost
I have installed the texlive and texlive-context packages from the ubuntu repository with apt-get.
It sounds like you're using the texlive-2005 packages from the feisty repositories. Those pkgs provide the 1995.10.10 version of context, which is almost two years old. Most features work unchanged, but if you want a newer version of ConTeXt (2007.04.17), follow the Ubuntu instructions on the wiki. -Sanjoy
Hi! I've solved my problem. I downloaded the TeXlive 2007 DVD and everything worked fine, I had no more problems with ConTeXt nor with any other TeX application/package. Thank you for your advices and recommendations.
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Majukatur
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Sanjoy Mahajan
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Taco Hoekwater