On 5/24/06, Neal Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:49 AM 5/24/2006, you wrote: > > > >Neal Lester wrote: > > > I am trying to verify my installation. > > > > > > When I try to run texexec against the test file given in the > > > installation instructions I don't get a dvi or pdf file. The output is: > > > >What instructions did you follow, precisely? I see some problems in > >your output, but it will be easier to explain using those instructions. > > I followed the instructions at: > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/minstall.pdf > > First I used the TeX that came with my Linux distribution (RedHat > Enterprise Linux v4) but that didn't work (perhaps it was too > old). Then I installed teTeX ( http://www.tug.org/tetex/ ) which > came with an old version of context that got in the way. I removed > that old version and installed the version from here ( > http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip ).
The cont-tmf.zip archive doesn't (directly) update programs (texmfstart, texexec, etc.) Tetex's texexec is a script that runs perl on the result of 'kpsewhich -format=texmfscripts texexec.pl'. You need to make sure kpsewhich finds the new texexec.pl. You can also try the version I posted recently that looks for the ruby scripts. I like to keep context in a separate tree, texmf-cont, so it is easy to see what files comes from cont-tmf in logs, etc. > Thomas Esser has (apparently just) announced that he will no longer > be maintaining teTeX. Which version of TeX do you recommend I install? Hans mentioned the minimal context linux distribution. Red Hat will have to make a decision about TeX. In the interim, you may have to do a bit of extra work to stay current. The nice thing about teTeX and TeX Live is that they have been designed so they can be self-contained, with texmf trees and binaries under one top-level directory so you can add and remove them without the need for a package manager to keep things sorted. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
