Re: /usr/bin/env texlua no such file or directory; ~/context/tex is not a valid TEXROOT path; no file plain.tex

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 4/11/2023 11:11 AM, Carlos via ntg-context wrote:

> Hello Alan, my PATH is set to:
> 
> PATH=/home/ce/context-install/bin:/home/ce/context-install/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin:/opt/texlive/2023/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH; export PATH

what is that first path doing there

> Do we actually need to list all kpsea variable here ?? fine

doesn't hurt .. also because they can be set badly at the os level (you 
really don't want to knwo when has be encountered in the 20th century)

> Here are some of them, which are really irrelevant by the way, but just
> adding info
> 
> $ kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFROOT
> /opt/texlive/2023
> $ kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFDIST
> /opt/texlive/2023/texmf-dist
> $ kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL
> /opt/texlive/texmf-local
> 
> Now let's take a peek inside the TeX Live infrastructure-only,  shall
> we? (just for additional info as TeX Live is ocnsidered one of the
> many scripts out there, right?  One is interested in the standalone in
> the end)
> 
> LICENSE.CTAN       bin         install-tl.log       texmf-config  texmfcnf.lua
> LICENSE.TL         doc.html    readme-html.dir      texmf-dist    tlpkg
> README             index.html  readme-txt.dir       texmf-var
> README.usergroups  install-tl  release-texlive.txt  texmf.cnf

that si texlive, not standalone

> that texmfcnf.lua only holds
> 
> return {
>    content = {
>      variables = {
>      },
>    },
> }
> 
> which is useless

and harmless (somethign old texlive)

> so, no bueno. Not when the aim is to install a fully functional context
> standalone
> 
> Now let's take a peek instide and see the binaries
> 
> afm2tfm      etex          kpsereadlink     mf        mtxrun.lua  texluac
> bibtex       extractbb     kpsestat         mf-nowin  pdfetex     tlmgr
> context      fmtutil       kpsewhich        mft       pdflatex    tlshell
> context.lua  fmtutil-sys   latex            mkindex   pdftex      updmap
> dvilualatex  fmtutil-user  luahbtex         mktexfmt  pktogf      updmap-sys
> dviluatex    gftodvi       lualatex         mktexlsr  pktype      updmap-user
> dvipdfm      gftopk        luametatex       mktexmf   rungs       xdvi
> dvipdfmx     gftype        luaotfload-tool  mktexpk   simpdftex   xdvi-xaw
> dvipdft      inimf         luatex           mktextfm  tex         xdvipdfmx
> dvips        initex        makeindex        mptopdf   texhash
> ebb          kpseaccess    man              mtxrun    texlua
> 
> Do you see that context and context.lua out there, right? That's
> only after running tlmgr and installing it, so no bueno, because in
> the meantime there's no texmfcnf.lua around

comes from the tex live base package ... harmless, just takes bytes 
(only luatex, luametatex, context, mtxrun, context.lua and mtxrun.lua 
matter)

> Then again, remember in the current state I actually don't have
> texmfcnf.lua for the simple reason that first-setup.sh never provided
> it, correct?

aditya pointer that out (and it's one of the files that one doesn't want 
to be overwritten anyway)

> Here we go! Back to point A where we were at before
as alan pointed out: just install with the lmtx installer in a path 
separate from tex live, set the path and you're done; don't try to mix 
texlive with a adapted of standalone, texlive has its own context 
package and updates etc; keep them separated

Hans

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