Re: ConTeXt Standalone will not install

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 10/21/2014 11:32 PM, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote:
> Hello ConTeXist.
> Some time ago I changed a installing TeX Live directly from version 2012
> to version 2014.
> ConTeXt in this version TeX Live works seamlessly, but I have since
> stopped working update Standalone version. But I'm not entirely sure
> causation. Anyway, the update does not work as before. At first glance,
> it seems that the updates are performed correctly, but the files are not
> probably somehow eventually copied. I am not subsequently able to
> compile things that require the latest version of ConTeXt.
> I must say that I am in a one moment delete the entire directory
> texmf-cache, because I began to discover a strange message about the
> mischmasch format of ConTeXt.

you don't have the two bin trees in your path do you?

> OK. Nothing to do. When I after a vain attempt failed ConTeXt update to
> the latest version, so I decided to ConTeXt Standalone completely
> re-install into my Windows 7 home edition. Installation failed, although
> I followed the instructions exactly to ConTeXtgarden
> (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone). Creates only the TeX
> directory and there empty directories ("cache-texmf, texmf-fonts,
> texmf-local texmf and texmf-modules-project"). These directories do not
> contain any files. I attach below the log file during installation.

how clean did you start? really nothing? by fetching the win32 or win64 
zip?

> I tried a second installation method cited in ConTeXt ConTeXtGarden (see
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Windows_Installation).
> Link to the installation file is broken (see
> http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe)

is that installer ok anyway? at some point mojca changed the structure 
bit and maybe that installer was not adapted (it's not an official part 
of the minimals)

> Can anyone advise what I'm doing wrong and why you can not install
> ConTeXt? Nowhere does not say anything about setting the path
> respectively next steps. Blame those problems installing TeX Live 2014?
> Thanks for the advice.
> Jaroslav Hajtmar

> Here is log file from instalation:
>
> receiving incremental file list
> ./
> kpathsea620w64.dll
> luatex.dll
> mtxrun.dll
> mtxrun.exe
> mtxrun.lua
>
> sent 22928 bytes  received 5501341 bytes  356404.45 bytes/sec
> total size is 9371026  speedup is 1.70

ok, so 64 bit?

Hans


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