texexec not finding cont-en

texexec not finding cont-en

[Gary]

I know this has been asked before, but I'm not getting it.
I'm installing ConTeXt on Linux (Mandrake 9.0) with teTeX.
I've installed the default teTeX distribution that comes with Mandrake.
I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta

I've edited texexec.ini, commenting out the reference to l:/...
I've edited ... what was it ... fmtedit??  darn, can't remember, but I 
uncommented two lines that refer to cont-en and cont-nl

I've run 

texhash
texexec --make en nl
texhash

I've added to PATH:
/usr/share/texmf
/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base
/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config

I've made cont-en.tex and cont-en.ini executable

so far, so good.

But texexec --pdf filename.tex returns with
sh: line 1: cont-en: command not found

so cont-en is either not on the path or not executable, right?

Please be explicit:  
are we talking about cont-en.tex, cont-en.ini, or cont-en.tws?
Where is the usual place to put it?
When adding to path, is the shell environment PATH variable what's meant? or 
is there some way within ConTeXt to set a path?

What else could be wrong?

Gary

Re: texexec not finding cont-en

[Patrick Gundlach]

Gary <pajer@iname.com> writes:

Hello Gary,

> I've installed the default teTeX distribution that comes with Mandrake.
> I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta

How? Did you copy the new files over the old ones?


> I've edited texexec.ini, commenting out the reference to l:/...

You shouldn't need to do this.

> I've edited ... what was it ... fmtedit?? darn, can't remember, but
> I uncommented two lines that refer to cont-en and cont-nl

fmtutil --edit?


> I've added to PATH:
> /usr/share/texmf
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config

Not needed, please don't do so.

> I've made cont-en.tex and cont-en.ini executable

not needed, as well.

> But texexec --pdf filename.tex returns with
> sh: line 1: cont-en: command not found
>
> so cont-en is either not on the path or not executable, right?

it does not need to be there. So something else must be wrong.


> Please be explicit:  

> are we talking about cont-en.tex, cont-en.ini, or cont-en.tws?

neither nor. We are talking mainly about the executable files
texexec, pdfetex and the texexec.ini config file for texexec (so many
config files!)


> Where is the usual place to put it?

Don't know where the usual place is, but I keep my ConTeXt
installation separate from the tetex installation, since I like to
keep things apart. I changed the config file texmf.cfg and included
the ConTeXt path.

Nevertheless, it should be possible to install the ConTeXt beta over
the tetex installation.

> When adding to path, is the shell environment PATH variable what's meant? or 
> is there some way within ConTeXt to set a path?

Yes, no.


> What else could be wrong?

Please post the output of `texexec --verb' and the output of
`kpsewhich cont-en.efmt' and `type texexec'.


Patrick

Re: Re: texexec not finding cont-en

[Gary Pajer]

Patrick,
Thanks for responding.

> > I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta
>
> How? Did you copy the new files over the old ones?

Yes, I downloaded cont-tmf.zip, and unzipped into /usr/share/texmf,
overwriting everything.
>
>
> > I've edited texexec.ini, commenting out the reference to l:/...
>
> You shouldn't need to do this.
>
> > I've edited ... what was it ... fmtedit?? darn, can't remember, but
> > I uncommented two lines that refer to cont-en and cont-nl
>
> fmtutil --edit?

Yes, that's it.

[...]

>
> Please post the output of `texexec --verb' and the output of
> `kpsewhich cont-en.efmt' and `type texexec'.
>

Sure thing.  It follows below.
Thanks again for your help,
Gary
---------------------------------------------------------
[gap2@pcp01974462pcs gap2]$ texexec --verb

 TeXExec 1.9 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2000

     locating ini file : found by kpsewhich
               reading : /usr/share/texmf/context/config/texexec.ini
               setting : 'TeXShell' to 'tetex' for 'all'
               setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'en nl metafun mptopdf' for
'all'
               setting : 'UserInterface' to 'en' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'tex' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpExecutable' to 'mpost' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'all'
               setting : 'DviToMpExecutable' to 'dvitomp' for 'all'
               setting : 'DviSpecialScript' to 'dvispec' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpFormat' to 'metafun' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'pdfetex' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'TeXVirginFlag' to '-ini' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'TeXPassString' to '-progname=context' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'TeXBatchFlag' to '-int=batchmode' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpVirginFlag' to '-ini' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpPassString' to '-progname=mpost' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpBatchFlag' to '-int=batchmode' for 'tetex'

          used setting : TeXShell = tetex
          used setting : SetupPath =
          used setting : UserInterface = en
          used setting : UsedInterfaces = en nl metafun mptopdf
          used setting : MpExecutable = mpost
          used setting : MpToTeXExecutable = mpto
          used setting : DviToMpExecutable = dvitomp
          used setting : TeXProgramPath =
          used setting : TeXFormatPath =
          used setting : ConTeXtPath =
          used setting : TeXScriptsPath =
          used setting : TeXExecutable = pdfetex
          used setting : TeXVirginFlag = -ini
          used setting : TeXPassString = -progname=context
          used setting : TeXFormatFlag = &
          used setting : FmtLanguage =
          used setting : FmtBodyFont =
          used setting : TcXPath =

      locating fmtutil : found
                --help   show this or more, e.g. '--help interface'
[gap2@pcp01974462pcs gap2]$ kpsewhich cont-en.efmt
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt
[gap2@pcp01974462pcs gap2]$ type texexec
texexec is hashed (/usr/bin/texexec)

Re: Re: texexec not finding cont-en

[Gary Pajer]

> Patrick,
> Thanks for responding.
>
> > > I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta
> >
> > How? Did you copy the new files over the old ones?
>
> Yes, I downloaded cont-tmf.zip, and unzipped into /usr/share/texmf,
> overwriting everything.

OK, thanks to a (completely independent) post that just came in, I see that
I have a very old version of TeXexec.  I should upgrade.  But where is it?
This page
http://www.pragma-ade.com/texexec.htm
points to the general download page
http://www.pragma-ade.com/download.htm
but I can't tell where TeXexec is located in there.

Regards,
Gary

Re: Re: texexec not finding cont-en

[Bruce D'Arcus]

On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 06:43 PM, Gary Pajer wrote:

> OK, thanks to a (completely independent) post that just came in, I see 
> that
> I have a very old version of TeXexec.

If you're referring to my post, I'd recommend Simon's script:

http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/#installer

I just place everything -- the script, the cont-tmf.zip file, and the 
version of texexec he has on his site -- in one directory, and run the 
script to install into my ~/Library/texmf directory.  Works like a 
charm.

Bruce

Re: texexec not finding cont-en

[Patrick Gundlach]

Gary Pajer <pajer@iname.com> writes:

Hello Gary,

> OK, thanks to a (completely independent) post that just came in, I see that
> I have a very old version of TeXexec.  I should upgrade.  But where is it?

Have you any progress on finding and installing texexec? It is called
texexec.pl in the context distribution.

If yes, please check again if your ConTeXt works now.

Patrick

Re: Re: texexec not finding cont-en

[Gary]

On Monday 17 March 2003 11:12 pm, Gary wrote:
> >> OK, thanks to a (completely independent) post that just came in, I see
> >> that
> >> I have a very old version of TeXexec.
> >
> >If you're referring to my post, I'd recommend Simon's script:
> >
> >http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/#installer
> >
> >I just place everything -- the script, the cont-tmf.zip file, and the
> >version of texexec he has on his site -- in one directory, and run the
> >script to install into my ~/Library/texmf directory.  Works like a
> >charm.
> >
> >Bruce
>
> Tried it.  Ran with no apparent problems.  Same result.  I've got something
> else to try ...
>

Got it, finally.  Had to replace texexec in /usr/bin.   uh doh.

Thanks to Patrick, and everyone else who replied.

-Gary