* TeXlive 2020 / Gentoo Linux: ConTeXt does not find itself (sort of)...]
@ 2020-09-05 11:27 mylists
2020-09-09 12:46 ` Matthijs van der Wild
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From: mylists @ 2020-09-05 11:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg
Hi,
this is my first post to this mailinglist. I am no native speaker...
if something sound somehow ... I will try to give my best.... ;)
I am using GENTOO Linux, which compiles everything on the target
instead of pulling ready compiled, binary packages into the system.
I did a fresh install of Texlive 2020 via the package-manager
"emerge". On Gentoo this is handled via a "virtual package", which
can be configured beforehand to include or exclude certain parts.
I choose to get the HUGE package (incluing LaTeX, ConTeXt, plainTeX
and others).
After the installation I tried to typeset examples of a LaTeX- and
a plain TeX document, which works out of the box.
Then I tried a ConTeXt document and it fails:
context somefile.tex
gave me:
mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'
.
While searching the internet I found, that one has to run
mtxrun --generate
in advance.
Doing so mtxrun starts to index my whole harddisk starting with
my $HOME, from which I started it.
It reports A LOT of "confusing file"s....
I searched the installed TeXlive installation for context.lua
and mtx-context.lua -- they were installed and not "totally" missing.
So I tried/guessed to run
mtxrun --generate /usr/share/texmf-dist /usr/share/texlive-site
and the file under $HOME were no longer indexed.
context somefile.tex
gave me the above mentioned error still, though.
It "feels" like context does not respect setting made via
the configuration settings under /etc/texmf...
So I "hacked" (really, it was a crude hack/idea...nothing
more) TEXMF and inserted
export TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf-dist:/usr/share/texlive-site
into my shells RC-file, restarted the shell and
now
context somefile.tex
"worked"...:
Each time it seems to re-index parts of ???, reports a lot
of "confusing file"s but creates a valid looking pdf.
I think, the package setup provided by GENTOO has a problem
I want to help to fix that...but I have no clue, what the
real culprit is here...
Setting TEXMF this way feels like a random and accidentally
working hack and I already feel the next problem raising up
at the horizon...
Some additional problems:
tlmgr does not work
mtxrun partially does not find its own modules
mtxrun --variables
lists a LOT of unset environment variables
...
It looks like some basic and fundamental "initial" environment
variable is missing.
But I need a knowledgeable guru before I am able to get nearer
to the root of the culprit.
Thank you very much in advance for any help offered!
\cheers
Meino
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: TeXlive 2020 / Gentoo Linux: ConTeXt does not find itself (sort of)...] 2020-09-05 11:27 TeXlive 2020 / Gentoo Linux: ConTeXt does not find itself (sort of)...] mylists @ 2020-09-09 12:46 ` Matthijs van der Wild 2020-09-09 16:28 ` mylists 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Matthijs van der Wild @ 2020-09-09 12:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4054 bytes --] If I compare /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfconf.lua with its counterpart in Arch Linux, I found the differences in the following entries: Gentoo: > TEXMFSYSVAR = "selfautoparent:texmf-var", > TEXMFOS = "selfautodir:", > TEXMFDIST = "selfautoparent:texmf-dist", > TEXMFSYSCONFIG = "selfautoparent:texmf-config", > Arch: > TEXMFSYSVAR = "/var/lib/texmf", > TEXMFOS = "selfautodir:share", > TEXMFDIST = "selfautodir:share/texmf-dist", > TEXMFSYSCONFIG = "/etc/texmf", > Changing the Gentoo file to its Arch equivalent fixes the issue after running "mtxrun --generate". There may actually be a reason why this configuration is different in Gentoo compared to Arch, but I haven't had the time yet to look into it further. On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 13:27, <mylists@posteo.de> wrote: > Hi, > > this is my first post to this mailinglist. I am no native speaker... > if something sound somehow ... I will try to give my best.... ;) > > > I am using GENTOO Linux, which compiles everything on the target > instead of pulling ready compiled, binary packages into the system. > > I did a fresh install of Texlive 2020 via the package-manager > "emerge". On Gentoo this is handled via a "virtual package", which > can be configured beforehand to include or exclude certain parts. > > I choose to get the HUGE package (incluing LaTeX, ConTeXt, plainTeX > and others). > > After the installation I tried to typeset examples of a LaTeX- and > a plain TeX document, which works out of the box. > > Then I tried a ConTeXt document and it fails: > > context somefile.tex > > gave me: > > mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' > > . > > While searching the internet I found, that one has to run > > mtxrun --generate > > in advance. > > Doing so mtxrun starts to index my whole harddisk starting with > my $HOME, from which I started it. > > It reports A LOT of "confusing file"s.... > > I searched the installed TeXlive installation for context.lua > and mtx-context.lua -- they were installed and not "totally" missing. > > So I tried/guessed to run > > mtxrun --generate /usr/share/texmf-dist /usr/share/texlive-site > > and the file under $HOME were no longer indexed. > > context somefile.tex > > gave me the above mentioned error still, though. > > It "feels" like context does not respect setting made via > the configuration settings under /etc/texmf... > > So I "hacked" (really, it was a crude hack/idea...nothing > more) TEXMF and inserted > > export TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf-dist:/usr/share/texlive-site > > into my shells RC-file, restarted the shell and > > now > > context somefile.tex > > "worked"...: > > Each time it seems to re-index parts of ???, reports a lot > of "confusing file"s but creates a valid looking pdf. > > I think, the package setup provided by GENTOO has a problem > I want to help to fix that...but I have no clue, what the > real culprit is here... > > Setting TEXMF this way feels like a random and accidentally > working hack and I already feel the next problem raising up > at the horizon... > > Some additional problems: > > tlmgr does not work > > mtxrun partially does not find its own modules > > mtxrun --variables > > lists a LOT of unset environment variables > > ... > > It looks like some basic and fundamental "initial" environment > variable is missing. > > But I need a knowledgeable guru before I am able to get nearer > to the root of the culprit. > > Thank you very much in advance for any help offered! > > \cheers > Meino > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 5783 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 493 bytes --] ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: TeXlive 2020 / Gentoo Linux: ConTeXt does not find itself (sort of)...] 2020-09-09 12:46 ` Matthijs van der Wild @ 2020-09-09 16:28 ` mylists 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: mylists @ 2020-09-09 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Hi Matthijs, thanks for your support. My first attempts to change the installation accordingly failed unfortunately. ( I had tried to change /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua ) What file/place would be the best to adapt these settings? Cheers! Meino On 09/09 02:46, Matthijs van der Wild wrote: > If I compare /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfconf.lua with its counterpart > in Arch Linux, I found the differences in the following entries: > > Gentoo: > > > TEXMFSYSVAR = "selfautoparent:texmf-var", > > TEXMFOS = "selfautodir:", > > TEXMFDIST = "selfautoparent:texmf-dist", > > TEXMFSYSCONFIG = "selfautoparent:texmf-config", > > > > Arch: > > > TEXMFSYSVAR = "/var/lib/texmf", > > TEXMFOS = "selfautodir:share", > > TEXMFDIST = "selfautodir:share/texmf-dist", > > TEXMFSYSCONFIG = "/etc/texmf", > > > > Changing the Gentoo file to its Arch equivalent fixes the issue after > running "mtxrun --generate". There may actually be a reason why this > configuration is different in Gentoo compared to Arch, but I haven't had > the time yet to look into it further. > > On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 13:27, <mylists@posteo.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > this is my first post to this mailinglist. I am no native speaker... > > if something sound somehow ... I will try to give my best.... ;) > > > > > > I am using GENTOO Linux, which compiles everything on the target > > instead of pulling ready compiled, binary packages into the system. > > > > I did a fresh install of Texlive 2020 via the package-manager > > "emerge". On Gentoo this is handled via a "virtual package", which > > can be configured beforehand to include or exclude certain parts. > > > > I choose to get the HUGE package (incluing LaTeX, ConTeXt, plainTeX > > and others). > > > > After the installation I tried to typeset examples of a LaTeX- and > > a plain TeX document, which works out of the box. > > > > Then I tried a ConTeXt document and it fails: > > > > context somefile.tex > > > > gave me: > > > > mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' > > > > . > > > > While searching the internet I found, that one has to run > > > > mtxrun --generate > > > > in advance. > > > > Doing so mtxrun starts to index my whole harddisk starting with > > my $HOME, from which I started it. > > > > It reports A LOT of "confusing file"s.... > > > > I searched the installed TeXlive installation for context.lua > > and mtx-context.lua -- they were installed and not "totally" missing. > > > > So I tried/guessed to run > > > > mtxrun --generate /usr/share/texmf-dist /usr/share/texlive-site > > > > and the file under $HOME were no longer indexed. > > > > context somefile.tex > > > > gave me the above mentioned error still, though. > > > > It "feels" like context does not respect setting made via > > the configuration settings under /etc/texmf... > > > > So I "hacked" (really, it was a crude hack/idea...nothing > > more) TEXMF and inserted > > > > export TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf-dist:/usr/share/texlive-site > > > > into my shells RC-file, restarted the shell and > > > > now > > > > context somefile.tex > > > > "worked"...: > > > > Each time it seems to re-index parts of ???, reports a lot > > of "confusing file"s but creates a valid looking pdf. > > > > I think, the package setup provided by GENTOO has a problem > > I want to help to fix that...but I have no clue, what the > > real culprit is here... > > > > Setting TEXMF this way feels like a random and accidentally > > working hack and I already feel the next problem raising up > > at the horizon... > > > > Some additional problems: > > > > tlmgr does not work > > > > mtxrun partially does not find its own modules > > > > mtxrun --variables > > > > lists a LOT of unset environment variables > > > > ... > > > > It looks like some basic and fundamental "initial" environment > > variable is missing. > > > > But I need a knowledgeable guru before I am able to get nearer > > to the root of the culprit. > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help offered! > > > > \cheers > > Meino > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > 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://context.aanhet.net > > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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