Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Alasdair McAndrew]

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My laptop running ubuntu died this evening, so as an interim measure I'm
trying to install ConTeXt on a windows machine, using the GUI "ConTeXt
minimals" installer.  However, after only a few seconds of running, I get
two popup errors: "Update Failed: error code: 1",  "Make Failed: error code:
1", after which the installation exits.  Does anybody know what's going on
here, and how I can get it working?

Thanks,
Alasdair

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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Stefan Müller]

There's a note on 
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Windows_Installation stating that 
the installer "seems to be broken (at least in 64-bit Windows7)".  Maybe 
that's the same issue?

Stefan

On 18.08.2011 14:38, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
> My laptop running ubuntu died this evening, so as an interim measure I'm
> trying to install ConTeXt on a windows machine, using the GUI "ConTeXt
> minimals" installer.  However, after only a few seconds of running, I
> get two popup errors: "Update Failed: error code: 1", "Make Failed:
> error code: 1", after which the installation exits.  Does anybody know
> what's going on here, and how I can get it working?
>
> Thanks,
> Alasdair
>
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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Alasdair McAndrew]

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Yes, that seems to be the case - clearly I didn't read far enough!

Thanks very much.

-Alasdair

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Müller <warrence.stm@gmx.de> wrote:

> There's a note on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/**
> Simple_Windows_Installation<http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Windows_Installation>stating that the installer "seems to be broken (at least in 64-bit
> Windows7)".  Maybe that's the same issue?
>
> Stefan
>
>
> On 18.08.2011 14:38, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
>
>> My laptop running ubuntu died this evening, so as an interim measure I'm
>> trying to install ConTeXt on a windows machine, using the GUI "ConTeXt
>> minimals" installer.  However, after only a few seconds of running, I
>> get two popup errors: "Update Failed: error code: 1", "Make Failed:
>> error code: 1", after which the installation exits.  Does anybody know
>> what's going on here, and how I can get it working?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alasdair
>>
>> --
>> Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com
>> Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/**alasdair.mcandrew<http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew>
>>
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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Cecil Westerhof]

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2011/8/18 Alasdair McAndrew <amca01@gmail.com>

> My laptop running ubuntu died this evening, so as an interim measure I'm
> trying to install ConTeXt on a windows machine, using the GUI "ConTeXt
> minimals" installer.  However, after only a few seconds of running, I get
> two popup errors: "Update Failed: error code: 1",  "Make Failed: error code:
> 1", after which the installation exits.  Does anybody know what's going on
> here, and how I can get it working?
>

I just made this work for a client. The parts of the manual that are
interesting I have attached. This installation takes the assumption you are
going to work with MKIV. If you also want to work with MKII you have to
install Ruby.

If you do not want to work with TeXworks, you can skip the second part. :-D

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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky]

Hi,

Looks like the are problems with my installer and I'm not aware of.

Alasdair McAndrew, can we collaborate on this issue (since I don't have 
Win7 64 bit to do tests?)

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Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Cecil Westerhof]

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2011/8/18 Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky <yatskovsky@gmail.com>

> Looks like the are problems with my installer and I'm not aware of.
>
> Alasdair McAndrew, can we collaborate on this issue (since I don't have
> Win7 64 bit to do tests?)
>

I had the same problem.  I was told it was broken for a few years.

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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 17:52, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looks like the are problems with my installer and I'm not aware of.
>
> Alasdair McAndrew, can we collaborate on this issue (since I don't have Win7
> 64 bit to do tests?)

I removed the installer from http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/
because so many people complained about it being non-functional. It is
even more problematic: they try the installer, it doesn't work, but
the path remains set, so consequently not even their normal
distribution works.

The installer is still accessible in SVN repository:
    http://svn.contextgarden.net/minimals/installer

Once it starts working again, I will put it back online. Now you have
more motivation to fix it faster :)

(And yes, some links on wiki are broken now. But now people get broken
link, else they would get broken installer.)

Mojca
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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Alasdair McAndrew]

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Well, I've now got linux reinstalled, so I no longer need Windows.  (Huge
sigh of relief.)  Sorry about the anguished initial email!

-Alasdair

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Mojca Miklavec <
mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 17:52, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Looks like the are problems with my installer and I'm not aware of.
> >
> > Alasdair McAndrew, can we collaborate on this issue (since I don't have
> Win7
> > 64 bit to do tests?)
>
> I removed the installer from http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/
> because so many people complained about it being non-functional. It is
> even more problematic: they try the installer, it doesn't work, but
> the path remains set, so consequently not even their normal
> distribution works.
>
> The installer is still accessible in SVN repository:
>    http://svn.contextgarden.net/minimals/installer
>
> Once it starts working again, I will put it back online. Now you have
> more motivation to fix it faster :)
>
> (And yes, some links on wiki are broken now. But now people get broken
> link, else they would get broken installer.)
>
> Mojca
>
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Re: Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows

[Cecil Westerhof]

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2011/8/20 Alasdair McAndrew <amca01@gmail.com>

> Well, I've now got linux reinstalled, so I no longer need Windows.  (Huge
> sigh of relief.)  Sorry about the anguished initial email!
>

I feel your pain. :-D

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