From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/11465 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gerben Wierda Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt beta installation issue Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:11:33 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <72B46FCA-5858-11D7-81A8-0003930AD8A4@rna.nl> References: <55E7D66E-5809-11D7-856F-000A959F0E52@muohio.edu> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047920352 17995 80.91.224.249 (17 Mar 2003 16:59:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Hans Hagen , NTG-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Mon Mar 17 17:59:03 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18uxx1-0004fO-00 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:59:03 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B10910B31; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:59:54 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from wierda-2.demon.nl (wierda-2.demon.nl [212.238.161.244]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E7810B29 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:10:31 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from rna.nl (dumbledore.rna.nl [192.168.1.91]) by wierda-2.demon.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFD3918B7BD; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:11:33 +0100 (CET) Original-To: "Bruce D'Arcus" In-Reply-To: <55E7D66E-5809-11D7-856F-000A959F0E52@muohio.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:11465 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:11465 On Monday, Mar 17, 2003, at 00:45 Europe/Amsterdam, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > I've been using Simon's installer script successfully of late to > install betas, but just ran into the following error (see below). Any > ideas or suggestions? > > The command I used was: > > sudo perl install_context.pl --textree /Users/darcusb/Library/texmf > /Applications/Installers/ConTeXt/cont-tmf.zip > > I do note that the pdfetex.pool it says it can't open is in this > directory: > > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ It is pdfetex that fails because it cannot find the pool file. Whatever install_context.pl does, it seems to override PATH (another pdfetex on your system is found, not likely) or KPSE settings from /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf in such a way that TeX stops working. Probably it tries to do some guessing itself instead of relying on existing settings. What might influence this is that my setup separates the texmf part that is related to binaries (like pool files that change when binary versions change) and the stuff that is the fondation (like ConTeXt, LATeX, etc). /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf starts with: > % Our directory setup as explained in > $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/README.gwtex > % TEXMFMAIN contains the TEXMF tree installed by make install of the > programs > TEXMFMAIN = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf > % TEXMFTE contains the main TEXMF tree from teTeX > TEXMFTE = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.tetex > % TEXMFGW contains GW specific defaults and additions > TEXMFGW = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.gwtex > % TEXMFLOCAL contains any local system TeXadmin overrides > TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.local > % $VARTEXMF is where texconfig writes its local settings > VARTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL > % User texmf trees can be catered for like this... > HOMETEXMF = $HOME/Library/texmf > > % Our complete search path, the last three are searched through > % ls-R exclusively, which means that you have to run texhash > % after you have added, moved or deleted files in the tree > TEXMF={$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFGW,!!$TEXMFTE,!!$TEXMFMAIN} In this case, there is a valid TeX setup, though uncommon because the separation of texmf into texmf and texmf.tetex. I need this separation to be able to update programs and foundation separately. A new foundation (texmf.tetex + texmf.gwtex) does not touch anything related to the binaries (like pool files) in texmf. If you send me the script I can have a quick look at it. G Here is what which and kpsewhich should tell you in a standard setup % which pdfetex /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfetex % kpsewhich pdfetex.pool /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.pool % kpsewhich cont-en.tex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex