Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Jaroslav Hajtmar]

Hello ConTeXist.
I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing 
everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the 
installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with 
copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a 
longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out 
what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose 
that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to 
the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please 
advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download 
the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
Thanks for replies.

Jaroslav Hajtmar

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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Weber, Matthias]

Hi Jaroslav,

could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?

What error message do you get at what stage?

You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.

Matthias


> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
> 
> Hello ConTeXist.
> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
> Thanks for replies.
> 
> Jaroslav Hajtmar
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
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> ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Jaroslav Hajtmar]

Hello Matthias.
Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs, 
even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my 
%HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then 
there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports 
nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your 
Applications folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this 
way I have not done.

(As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any 
problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")

Thanx Jaroslav

Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
> Hi Jaroslav,
>
> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?
>
> What error message do you get at what stage?
>
> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
>
> Matthias
>
>
>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
>>
>> Hello ConTeXist.
>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
>> Thanks for replies.
>>
>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>
>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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> ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Weber, Matthias]

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Here is what I do:

Tetrahedron:ConTeXt matthias$ mkdir ~/context
Tetrahedron:ConTeXt matthias$ cd ~/context
Tetrahedron:context matthias$ rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .
first-setup.sh

sent 38 bytes  received 3636 bytes  1469.60 bytes/sec
total size is 3525  speedup is 0.96


and the files are definitely there. Do you have a space in /context directory? Then you might need apostrophes.

Matthias


On Jan 17, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz<mailto:hajtmar@gyza.cz>> wrote:

Hello Matthias.
Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this way I have not done.

(As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")

Thanx Jaroslav

Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
Hi Jaroslav,

could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?

What error message do you get at what stage?

You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.

Matthias


On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz<mailto:hajtmar@gyza.cz>> wrote:

Hello ConTeXist.
I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net<http://contextgarden.net>, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
Thanks for replies.

Jaroslav Hajtmar

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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Otared Kavian]

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Hello Jaroslav,

Here is what I do on my Mac:

1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone

2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh »  in the folder Context-standalone

3) Open Terminal and issue the command

	cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone]

4) Then in Terminal issue the command

	ls first-setup.sh

you should see something beginning with:

	-rwxr-xr-x  

that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is executable.

If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that right:

	chmod +x first-setup.sh

5) Once this is done, issue the command

	sh first-setup.sh

6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for Context working in the folder Context-standalone

7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do not work as expected.

Best regards: OK


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#!/bin/sh

# Takes the same arguments as mtx-update

# you may change this if you want ...
CONTEXTROOT="$PWD/tex"

# suggested by Tobias Florek to check for rsync
if [ ! -x "`which rsync`" ]; then
	echo "You need to install rsync first."
	exit 1
fi

system=`uname -s`
cpu=`uname -m`

case "$system" in
	# linux
	Linux)
		case "$cpu" in
			i*86) platform="linux" ;;
			x86_64|ia64) platform="linux-64" ;;
			# a little bit of cheating with ppc64 (won't work on Gentoo)
			ppc|ppc64) platform="linux-ppc" ;;
			# we currently support just mipsel, but Debian is lying (reports mips64)
			# we need more hacks to fix the situation, this is just a temporary solution
			mips|mips64|mipsel|mips64el) platform="linux-mipsel" ;;
			# TODO: probably both wrong and incomplete
			armv7l) platform="linux-armhf" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	# Mac OS X
	Darwin)
		case "$cpu" in
			i*86) platform="osx-intel" ;;
			x86_64) platform="osx-64" ;;
			ppc*|powerpc|power*|Power*) platform="osx-ppc" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	# FreeBSD
	FreeBSD|freebsd)
		case "$cpu" in
			i*86) platform="freebsd" ;;
			x86_64) platform="freebsd" ;; # no special binaries are available yet
			amd64) platform="freebsd-amd64" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	# kFreeBSD (debian)
	GNU/kFreeBSD)
		case "$cpu" in
			#i*86) platform="kfreebsd-i386" ;;
			#x86_64|amd64) platform="kfreebsd-amd64" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	# cygwin
	CYGWIN*)
		case "$cpu" in
			i*86) platform="cygwin" ;;
			x86_64|ia64) platform="cygwin" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	# UWIN
	UWIN*)
		case "$cpu" in
			i*86) platform="mswin" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	# SunOS/Solaris
	SunOS)
		case "$cpu" in
			sparc) platform="solaris-sparc" ;;
			i86pc) platform="solaris-intel" ;;
			*) platform="unknown" ;;
		esac ;;
	*) platform="unknown"
esac

# temporary patch for 64-bit Leopard with 32-bit kernel
if test "$platform" = "osx-intel"; then
	# if running Snow Leopard or later
	# better: /usr/bin/sw_vers -productVersion
	if test `uname -r|cut -f1 -d"."` -ge 10 ; then
		# if working on 64-bit hardware
		if test `sysctl -n hw.cpu64bit_capable` = 1; then
			# snowleopard32=TRUE
			platform="osx-64"
		fi
	fi
fi

if test "$platform" = "unknown" ; then
	echo "Error: your system \"$system $cpu\" is not supported yet."
	echo "Please report to the ConTeXt mailing-list (ntg-context@ntg.nl)"
	exit
fi

# if you want to enforce some specific platform
# (when 'uname' doesn't agree with true architecture), uncomment and modify next line:
# platform=linux

# download or rsync the latest scripts first
rsync -rlptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/$platform/bin .

# use native windows binaries on cygwin
if test "$platform" = "cygwin" ; then
	platform=mswin
fi

# download or update the distribution
# you may remove the --context=beta switch if you want to use "current"
# you can use --engine=luatex if you want just mkiv
env PATH="$PWD/bin:$CONTEXTROOT/texmf-$platform/bin:$PATH" \
./bin/mtxrun --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --force --update --make --context=beta --platform=$platform --texroot="$CONTEXTROOT" $@

echo
echo "When you want to use context, you need to initialize the tree by typing:"
echo
echo "  . $CONTEXTROOT/setuptex"
echo
echo "in your shell or add"
echo "  \"$CONTEXTROOT/texmf-$platform/bin\""
echo "to PATH variable if you want to set it permanently."
echo "This can usually be done in .bashrc, .bash_profile"
echo "(or whatever file is used to initialize your shell)."
echo

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> On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
> 
> Hello Matthias.
> Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this way I have not done.
> 
> (As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")
> 
> Thanx Jaroslav
> 
> Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
>> Hi Jaroslav,
>> 
>> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?
>> 
>> What error message do you get at what stage?
>> 
>> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
>> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
>> 
>> Matthias
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello ConTeXist.
>>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
>>> Thanks for replies.
>>> 
>>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>> 
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>> 
>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>> 
>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
> 
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
> ___________________________________________________________________________________


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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Jaroslav Hajtmar]

Hello.
Thanks to Otared and Matthias too for their solutions. Otared's method 
is working, Mathias method unfortunaly not working. ConTeXt is already 
installed on my MacBookAir. I dont know why, but It seems that for some 
reason rsync does not download the first-setup.sh file into my 
installation directory. After I put first-setup.sh file manually into 
install directory and then I run the installation script, then 
everything is all right till the end. At this moment, I still struggle 
with settings an appropriate environment variables so that everything 
worked like on my Windows PC installation. Running at (for me) an 
unfamiliar OS-X it is for me still long run (but adventurous) :-).
However installation on my MAC is currently commissioned and 
operational. Thanks for the advices.

Jaroslav Hajtmar



Dne 17.01.16 v 14:38 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
> Hello Jaroslav,
>
> Here is what I do on my Mac:
>
> 1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone
>
> 2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh »  in the folder Context-standalone
>
> 3) Open Terminal and issue the command
>
> 	cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone]
>
> 4) Then in Terminal issue the command
>
> 	ls first-setup.sh
>
> you should see something beginning with:
>
> 	-rwxr-xr-x
>
> that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is executable.
>
> If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that right:
>
> 	chmod +x first-setup.sh
>
> 5) Once this is done, issue the command
>
> 	sh first-setup.sh
>
> 6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for Context working in the folder Context-standalone
>
> 7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do not work as expected.
>
> Best regards: OK
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Matthias.
>> Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this way I have not done.
>>
>> (As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")
>>
>> Thanx Jaroslav
>>
>> Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
>>> Hi Jaroslav,
>>>
>>> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?
>>>
>>> What error message do you get at what stage?
>>>
>>> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
>>> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello ConTeXist.
>>>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
>>>> Thanks for replies.
>>>>
>>>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>>>
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>>>
>>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>>
>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>
>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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> ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Otared Kavian]

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Hi Jaroslav,

On Mac, you can use TeXShop and your standalone Context very easily.
First create a specific « .engine » file for this and then in TeXShop use that engine. 
Here is what I have when I typeset a file in TeXShop using mkiv ConTeXt:

%%%%% begin file mkiv.engine

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
context --synctex=zipped --autogenerate "$1" --purgeall

%%%%% end file mkiv.engine

you should replace the line « export PATH=…. » by the path to your installation of ConTeXt. More precisely you should replace 

	/Volumes/OK/context-minimal

with the path going to the folder where your Context installation sits (in your case it is where you have put the file first-setup.sh).

Then this file « mkiv.engine » should be put in the folder

	Library/TeXShop/Engines


Once this is done, you have three solutions in order to use TeXShop with your standalone Context. Here they are: 

Solution 1: add the following line at the top of your source file:

%!TEX TS-program = mkiv

Note that in the above you may replace « mkiv » with whatever engine name known to your TeXShop installation (for instance « ContextSuite», or any other name you have, or (may God forgive both of us…) even « latex »…). 
When you typeset with ConTeXt, then TeXShop will use the chosen engine.

Solution 2: when your source file is open, you should have, at the top of your window, a small menu named « Program ». Click on that menu and among the programs (that is the engines) choose the one you want.

Solution 3: open the TeXShop Preferences and in the « Typesetting » pane , on the upper left part of the resulting window, choose the radio button « Command listed below » and type the name of your preferred engine. This method makes a general default, so if you use some other typesetting packages for some files you have to modify things for those files.

Best regards: OK

> On 17 Jan 2016, at 16:56, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> Thanks to Otared and Matthias too for their solutions. Otared's method is working, Mathias method unfortunaly not working. ConTeXt is already installed on my MacBookAir. I dont know why, but It seems that for some reason rsync does not download the first-setup.sh file into my installation directory. After I put first-setup.sh file manually into install directory and then I run the installation script, then everything is all right till the end. At this moment, I still struggle with settings an appropriate environment variables so that everything worked like on my Windows PC installation. Running at (for me) an unfamiliar OS-X it is for me still long run (but adventurous) :-).
> However installation on my MAC is currently commissioned and operational. Thanks for the advices.
> 
> Jaroslav Hajtmar
> 
> 
> 
> Dne 17.01.16 v 14:38 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
>> Hello Jaroslav,
>> 
>> Here is what I do on my Mac:
>> 
>> 1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone
>> 
>> 2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh »  in the folder Context-standalone
>> 
>> 3) Open Terminal and issue the command
>> 
>> 	cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone]
>> 
>> 4) Then in Terminal issue the command
>> 
>> 	ls first-setup.sh
>> 
>> you should see something beginning with:
>> 
>> 	-rwxr-xr-x
>> 
>> that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is executable.
>> 
>> If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that right:
>> 
>> 	chmod +x first-setup.sh
>> 
>> 5) Once this is done, issue the command
>> 
>> 	sh first-setup.sh
>> 
>> 6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for Context working in the folder Context-standalone
>> 
>> 7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do not work as expected.
>> 
>> Best regards: OK
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Matthias.
>>> Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh ./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative access), but not in this way I have not done.
>>> 
>>> (As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")
>>> 
>>> Thanx Jaroslav
>>> 
>>> Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
>>>> Hi Jaroslav,
>>>> 
>>>> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation will fail”?
>>>> 
>>>> What error message do you get at what stage?
>>>> 
>>>> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory; anything inside your home directory should be safe.
>>>> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
>>>> 
>>>> Matthias
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello ConTeXist.
>>>>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net, but the installation will fail. It seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? There is an option to download the installation package and install ConTeXt differently?
>>>>> Thanks for replies.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>>>> 
>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>>>> 
>>>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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>>>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>>> 
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>>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>>> 
>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>> 
>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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Re: Instalation ConTeXt to MAC - newbie problem

[Jaroslav Hajtmar]

Hello Otared.
Thanks for inspiring advice. Be sure that I will try everything setting 
up so that I ConTeXt work as on my PC and Windows. After 25 years of 
using Windows, I would never say that I will experiment with MacBook and 
OS-X. At the moment, I am pleased that I cease to be dependent on any OS 
platform and freely move between multiple computers with different 
operating systems. It's a super feeling that after twenty years, I feel 
that I am not dependent on a particular computer. With most of the 
software I have no problem, I just ConTeXt still missed on the MacBook. 
Now it's all OK.
Thanks for the advice, perhaps maybe I'll ever for you further advice 
about ConTeXt on OS-X.

Jaroslav Hajtmar

Dne 17.01.16 v 17:57 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
> Hi Jaroslav,
>
> On Mac, you can use TeXShop and your standalone Context very easily.
> First create a specific « .engine » file for this and then in TeXShop 
> use that engine.
> Here is what I have when I typeset a file in TeXShop using mkiv ConTeXt:
>
> %%%%% begin file mkiv.engine
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
> context --synctex=zipped --autogenerate "$1" --purgeall
>
> %%%%% end file mkiv.engine
>
> you should replace the line « export PATH=…. » by the path to your 
> installation of ConTeXt. More precisely you should replace
>
> /Volumes/OK/context-minimal
>
> with the path going to the folder where your Context installation sits 
> (in your case it is where you have put the file first-setup.sh).
>
> Then this file « mkiv.engine » should be put in the folder
>
> Library/TeXShop/Engines
>
>
> Once this is done, you have three solutions in order to use TeXShop 
> with your standalone Context. Here they are:
>
> Solution 1: add the following line at the top of your source file:
>
> %!TEX TS-program = mkiv
>
> Note that in the above you may replace « mkiv » with whatever engine 
> name known to your TeXShop installation (for instance « ContextSuite», 
> or any other name you have, or (may God forgive both of us…) even « 
> latex »…).
> When you typeset with ConTeXt, then TeXShop will use the chosen engine.
>
> Solution 2: when your source file is open, you should have, at the top 
> of your window, a small menu named « Program ». Click on that menu and 
> among the programs (that is the engines) choose the one you want.
>
> Solution 3: open the TeXShop Preferences and in the « Typesetting » 
> pane , on the upper left part of the resulting window, choose the 
> radio button « Command listed below » and type the name of your 
> preferred engine. This method makes a general default, so if you use 
> some other typesetting packages for some files you have to modify 
> things for those files.
>
> Best regards: OK
>
>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 16:56, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz 
>> <mailto:hajtmar@gyza.cz>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>> Thanks to Otared and Matthias too for their solutions. Otared's 
>> method is working, Mathias method unfortunaly not working. ConTeXt is 
>> already installed on my MacBookAir. I dont know why, but It seems 
>> that for some reason rsync does not download the first-setup.sh file 
>> into my installation directory. After I put first-setup.sh file 
>> manually into install directory and then I run the installation 
>> script, then everything is all right till the end. At this moment, I 
>> still struggle with settings an appropriate environment variables so 
>> that everything worked like on my Windows PC installation. Running at 
>> (for me) an unfamiliar OS-X it is for me still long run (but 
>> adventurous) :-).
>> However installation on my MAC is currently commissioned and 
>> operational. Thanks for the advices.
>>
>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>
>>
>>
>> Dne 17.01.16 v 14:38 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
>>> Hello Jaroslav,
>>>
>>> Here is what I do on my Mac:
>>>
>>> 1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone
>>>
>>> 2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh »  in the folder 
>>> Context-standalone
>>>
>>> 3) Open Terminal and issue the command
>>>
>>> cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone]
>>>
>>> 4) Then in Terminal issue the command
>>>
>>> ls first-setup.sh
>>>
>>> you should see something beginning with:
>>>
>>> -rwxr-xr-x
>>>
>>> that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is 
>>> executable.
>>>
>>> If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that 
>>> right:
>>>
>>> chmod +x first-setup.sh
>>>
>>> 5) Once this is done, issue the command
>>>
>>> sh first-setup.sh
>>>
>>> 6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for 
>>> Context working in the folder Context-standalone
>>>
>>> 7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do 
>>> not work as expected.
>>>
>>> Best regards: OK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz 
>>>> <mailto:hajtmar@gyza.cz>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Matthias.
>>>> Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error 
>>>> occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message 
>>>> first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into 
>>>> this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh 
>>>> ./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to 
>>>> install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative 
>>>> access), but not in this way I have not done.
>>>>
>>>> (As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any 
>>>> problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")
>>>>
>>>> Thanx Jaroslav
>>>>
>>>> Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
>>>>> Hi Jaroslav,
>>>>>
>>>>> could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation 
>>>>> will fail”?
>>>>>
>>>>> What error message do you get at what stage?
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to make sure that you have write permission to the 
>>>>> installation directory; anything inside your home directory should 
>>>>> be safe.
>>>>> Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your 
>>>>> installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
>>>>>
>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz 
>>>>>> <mailto:hajtmar@gyza.cz>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello ConTeXist.
>>>>>> I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am 
>>>>>> doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net 
>>>>>> <http://contextgarden.net>, but the installation will fail. It 
>>>>>> seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the 
>>>>>> installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a 
>>>>>> longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find 
>>>>>> out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but 
>>>>>> I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or 
>>>>>> access rights to the directories which  I use to install ConTeXt 
>>>>>> etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation? 
>>>>>> There is an option to download the installation package and 
>>>>>> install ConTeXt differently?
>>>>>> Thanks for replies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jaroslav Hajtmar
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>>>>>> entry to the Wiki!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> / 
>>>>>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>>>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>>>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>>>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>>>>> entry to the Wiki!
>>>>>
>>>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> / 
>>>>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>>>> entry to the Wiki!
>>>>
>>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> / 
>>>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>>> entry to the Wiki!
>>>
>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> / 
>>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>> entry to the Wiki!
>>
>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> / 
>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
>
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
> ___________________________________________________________________________________

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