Decided to copy the truetype fonts from [1] to [2] ( keeps both installations apart )
then ran from within scite

>context --generate
LuaTools | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin
LuaTools | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux
LuaTools | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /opt/context/tex
LuaTools | variable TEXMFCNF set to $TEXROOT/texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c
LuaTools | loading /opt/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
LuaTools | preparing configuration for /opt/context/tex/texmf/web2c
LuaTools | unable to save configuration in /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9d2177de8a31df158f21be632b7742b7/trees/eafbbdaaf07ecf8142ecf5e1c693b318..tma
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf-project
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf-fonts
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf-local
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf-context
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf-extra
LuaTools | locating list of /opt/context/tex/texmf
LuaTools | scanning path /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux
LuaTools | 88 files found on 9 directories with 0 uppercase remappings
LuaTools | scanning path /opt/context/tex/texmf-context
LuaTools | 1370 files found on 125 directories with 0 uppercase remappings
LuaTools | scanning path /opt/context/tex/texmf
LuaTools | 3411 files found on 112 directories with 207 uppercase remappings
LuaTools | preparing files for /opt/context/tex/texmf-context
LuaTools | unable to save files in /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9d2177de8a31df158f21be632b7742b7/trees/5f7b9306dcbd6a966450acbb82901a81..tma
LuaTools | preparing files for /opt/context/tex/texmf
LuaTools | unable to save files in /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9d2177de8a31df158f21be632b7742b7/trees/3b345784234bafc7148851149a3f5528..tma
LuaTools | preparing files for /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux
LuaTools | unable to save files in /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9d2177de8a31df158f21be632b7742b7/trees/64fe47ca42a06b0d6010805018b4cbbc..tma
LuaTools |
LuaTools | runtime: 0.101 seconds

MtxRun | running command: luatools --generate
MtxRun | total runtime: 0.146

When running from a terminal window

Setting "/opt/context/tex" as TEXROOT.
alan@alan-desktop:~$ context --generate

I get the same messages.

Then tried from root ( sudo -i ) which gives

-bash: context: command not found


Is it serious doctor Lua ?

Alan



On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
Alan Stone wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a former ubuntu tex/context installation with fonts in
>
> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/truetype (opentype, etc... )   [1]
>
> as well as a tex/context minimals installation with fonts in
>
> /opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/truetype (opentype, etc... )    [2]
>
> the latter using for development under luatex/context
> (previously xetex/context).
>
> Can both font locations be used or is it better to copy the fonts
> present in [1] and missing in [2] ( for ex, truetype fonts ) from
> [1] to [2] ?

it depends in how $TEXMF is set but it is possible to do it (you can for
your dev setup set this variable to search the dev path first)

Hans