Re: /usr/bin/env texlua no such file or directory; ~/context/tex is not a valid TEXROOT path; no file plain.tex

[Carlos via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 08:51:58PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2023, Carlos via ntg-context wrote:
> 
> > I'm just following some of the standalone installation instructions
> > as per the wiki alongside  a TeX Live installation,  but there are a
> > few things that don't add up or I can't seem to add them up :).
> > 
> > first, while I was trying to mtxrun --generate it returned
> > 
> > /usr/bin/env texlua no such file or directory
> > 
> > So I thought heck, perhaps by creating a symbolic link we'll call it
> > a day, but that wasn't enough, nope.
> > 
> > This is is circa 21st century ladies and gentlemen!
> > 
> > so I thought, alright, since there seems ot be a a problem with texlua,
> > let's also add it to path somehow.
> 
> Did you source the `setuptex` script, which sets the correct path.
> 
> > So with that out of the way, we'll move on to the next step and change
> > to a directory and try to call out mtxrun --generate again
> > 
> > It returns:
> > 
> > mtxrun --generate resolvers       | resolving | variable 'SELFAUTOLOC'
> > set to '/home/ce/context/bin' resolvers       | resolving | variable
> 
> This appears to be the wrong mtxrun binary. You should include the PATH variable listed as part of the installation. It should point to `/home/ce/context/texmf-linux-64/bin` or something similar.
> 
> Aditya


Is there any rationale not to have texmfcnf.lua alongside context.cnf
and contextcnf.lua under web2c with the current standalone
installation?  

Because on TeX Live infrastructure alone, I have my doubts that that file
will be somehow generated magically. would it?

Of course I could probably scrounge it off somewhere but it's also
besides the point 

On the current installation of a standalone relying solely on what
tewmf/webc holds is… well.  




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