Installation of ConTeXt within TeTeX 3.0
I've been trying to install ConTeXt (ver 2005.08.31) within teTeX 3.0, installed from source exactly as described in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation but have run into problems. Everything goes smoothly until I get to the section entitled 'Install the zip archive'. When I type 'texexec -make -all' I get the following error (after much other output): language : patterns da for da loaded (n=6) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/tex/context/patterns/lang-da.pat ! Nonletter. l.24 .s[ aring]3 ? I tried simply responding 'R' to continue running silently but when I come to the next step: cp -a /root/.texmf-var/web2c/* /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var/web2c The .texmf-var/web2c folder is empty, so nothing useful gets copied. Currently, typing 'texexec --version' gives me the following: TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997- 2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992- 2004 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. tex : unknown context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : unknown which indicates to me that I should start again from scratch. I have followed the instructions in the above-mentioned Wiki page to the letter (although I wouldn't necessarily know if something had gone astray along the way given the complexity of TeX/ConTeXt etc.) This includes: * removing the default TeTeX installation in Fedora Core 4 * installing TeTeX from the latest source package * installing pdfetex update * installing MetaPost update * installing Latin Modern Font update Could anyone point me in the right direction please? Thanks in advance. Mark Pearson BSc (hons) MSc DPhil IT Consultant Capita Symonds The Capita Building, Kingmoor Business Park Carlisle. CA6 4SJ. United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1228 673023 Fax: +44 1228 673111 Web: www.capitasymonds.co.uk ********************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may be subject to legal privilege, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error or think you may have done so, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the original e-mail from your system. Computer viruses can be transmitted by e-mail. Recipients should check this e-mail for the presence of viruses. The Capita Group and its subsidiaries accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. ***********************************************************************************
Hi Mark (again), Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds) wrote:
I've been trying to install ConTeXt (ver 2005.08.31) within teTeX 3.0, installed from source exactly as described in
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation
but have run into problems.
Everything goes smoothly until I get to the section entitled 'Install the zip archive'.
When I type 'texexec -make -all' I get the following error (after much other output):
language : patterns da for da loaded (n=6)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/tex/context/patterns/lang-da.pat ! Nonletter. l.24 .s[ aring]3 ?
This is quite odd. Can you email me the complete output of the command up to this point? It probably either finds a file it shouldn't or cannot find a file it should. I can only (attempt to) debug this from the complete output, your report is just not enough. Just run something like "texexec --make --all 2&>1 > term.log" and wait a minute or so before killing the task. Please email me personally, not the mailing list.
I tried simply responding 'R' to continue running silently but when I come to the next step:
cp -a /root/.texmf-var/web2c/* /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var/web2c
The .texmf-var/web2c folder is empty, so nothing useful gets copied.
Can you check wat texexec says just before it returns you to the prompt? Mine said: used engineformatpath : /root/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/ TeX binary : pdfetex format(s) : en nl metafun mptopdf total run time : 35 seconds Cheers, Taco
Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds) wrote:
I've been trying to install ConTeXt (ver 2005.08.31) within teTeX 3.0, installed from source exactly as described in
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation
but have run into problems.
Everything goes smoothly until I get to the section entitled 'Install the zip archive'.
I think I've found the source of your problem: teTeX's context files are in the tree beneath /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/. These should not be there, because they take precendence over the files in texmf-local. So, you end up with a mixed installation (old macros, new patterns), and that is the cause of the error you got. If you followed the QuickInstall instructions, the teTeX version of context should have ended up below /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist. Did you perhaps make a mistake there, or did you follow another installation instruction ? Cheers, Taco
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Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds)
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Taco Hoekwater