ConTeXt Linux installation issues (due to GLIBC dependency)

ConTeXt Linux installation issues (due to GLIBC dependency)

[Ramkumar KB]

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Hello All,

I am having a situation where I have to install and run Context in a Linux
machine but the machine(s) have only RHEL 7.6 (which comes with only
GLIBC_2.17).
From the initial error logs it appears that Context needs minimum
GLIBC_2.23. Therefore, I did the following work around and it almost worked
! (there were no more GLIBC_2.23 errors and installation was progressing
well...) , till it did not... :-(

Any tips or suggestions to try would be indeed very helpful. Thanks so much
!

*Work Around* -
Manually installed GLIBC_2.23 as per the instructions here - in my own
directory where I have full access -
https://gist.github.com/carlesloriente/ab3387e7d035ed400dc2816873e9089e

*Patchelf Utility*
Used the patchelf utility - https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/patchelf

*Changed the following Context install files*
*install.sh (just before running mtxrun)*
*===*
patchelf --set-interpreter
/my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --set-rpath
/my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib:/usr/lib64 $PWD/bin/mtxrun $PWD/bin/mtxrun
--script ./bin/mtx-install.lua --update --server="$LMTXSERVER"
--instance="$LMTXINSTANCE" --platform="$PLATFORM" --erase
--extras="$LMTXEXTRAS"
*mtx-install.lua (just before running mtxrunbin)*
====
run("patchelf --set-interpreter
/my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --set-rpath
/my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib:/usr/lib64 %s", mtxrunbin)
run("%s --generate",mtxrunbin)

*Error that I see (in the step `make luametatex format`) - *
resolvers       | formats | changing to format path '/my-own-dir
/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f3
2e/formats/luametatex'
resolvers       | formats | executing runner 'make luametatex format': /
my-own-dir/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luametatex --ini
--lua=/my-own-dir/chantool/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lmt
/my-own-dir/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.
mkxl
This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.08.01
2097153(/my-own-dir/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkxl(context.mkxl(syst-ini.m
kxl
! Undefined control sequence.
<line 3.1019> \voffset
\zeropoint \let\voffset\relax \newdimen\voffset \let\normalvoffset\voffset
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
\let
<
...
(That makes 100 errors; please try again.)resolvers       | formats |

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Re: ConTeXt Linux installation issues (due to GLIBC dependency) - Solved!

[Ramkumar KB]

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Hello All,

This turned out to be an issue with the texmf-context.zip file version
mismatch. I updated to version 1.04 and was able to install successfully!

However, I would like to contribute a section to Wiki on how to install
ConTeXt in Linux machines which does not have the proper GLIBC version.
This is especially true with RHEL 7.x versions - which is still the
majority installation in companies & institutions with RHEL subscription.

The section will cover GLIBC 2.24 install, patchelf utility and the changes
needed to ConTeXt install scripts for such an installation.

How can I go about contributing to the wiki?

Thank you,
Ramkumar

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 5:31 PM Ramkumar KB <ramkumarkb@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am having a situation where I have to install and run Context in a Linux
> machine but the machine(s) have only RHEL 7.6 (which comes with only
> GLIBC_2.17).
> From the initial error logs it appears that Context needs minimum
> GLIBC_2.23. Therefore, I did the following work around and it almost worked
> ! (there were no more GLIBC_2.23 errors and installation was progressing
> well...) , till it did not... :-(
>
> Any tips or suggestions to try would be indeed very helpful. Thanks so
> much !
>
> *Work Around* -
> Manually installed GLIBC_2.23 as per the instructions here - in my own
> directory where I have full access -
> https://gist.github.com/carlesloriente/ab3387e7d035ed400dc2816873e9089e
>
> *Patchelf Utility*
> Used the patchelf utility - https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/patchelf
>
> *Changed the following Context install files*
> *install.sh (just before running mtxrun)*
> *===*
> patchelf --set-interpreter
> /my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --set-rpath
> /my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib:/usr/lib64 $PWD/bin/mtxrun $PWD/bin/mtxrun
> --script ./bin/mtx-install.lua --update --server="$LMTXSERVER"
> --instance="$LMTXINSTANCE" --platform="$PLATFORM" --erase
> --extras="$LMTXEXTRAS"
> *mtx-install.lua (just before running mtxrunbin)*
> ====
> run("patchelf --set-interpreter /my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --set-rpath /my-own-dir/opt/glibc-2.23/lib:/usr/lib64 %s", mtxrunbin)
> run("%s --generate",mtxrunbin)
>
> *Error that I see (in the step `make luametatex format`) - *
> resolvers       | formats | changing to format path '/my-own-dir
> /ConTeXt/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f3
> 2e/formats/luametatex'
> resolvers       | formats | executing runner 'make luametatex format': /
> my-own-dir/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luametatex --ini
> --lua=/my-own-dir/chantool/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lmt
> /my-own-dir/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.
> mkxl
> This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.08.01
> 2097153(/my-own-dir/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkxl(context.mkxl(syst-ini.m
> kxl
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> <line 3.1019> \voffset
> \zeropoint \let\voffset\relax \newdimen\voffset \let\normalvoffset\voffset
> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
> \let
> <
> ...
> (That makes 100 errors; please try again.)resolvers       | formats |
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: ConTeXt Linux installation issues (due to GLIBC dependency) - Solved!

[Mojca Miklavec]

Dear Ramkumar,

On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 at 02:10, Ramkumar KB wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> This turned out to be an issue with the texmf-context.zip file version mismatch. I updated to version 1.04 and was able to install successfully!
>
> However, I would like to contribute a section to Wiki on how to install ConTeXt in Linux machines which does not have the proper GLIBC version. This is especially true with RHEL 7.x versions - which is still the majority installation in companies & institutions with RHEL subscription.

I'm sorry. We have VMs with an older version of Debian for building,
but those don't provide sufficiently recent build tools (cmake, git,
ninja build system, ... I believe that CMake was the main blocker, but
I'm no longer absolutely sure).

By far the easiest solution was to switch from Debian 8 to 9 (or
something like that, I should check the exact numbers) and you might
be the first one bringing the issue up. I was aware that switching to
a newer Debian version might have caused compatibility issues with
RHEL / CentOS. (Do you happen to have some matrix of glibc versions on
RHEL / CentOS?)

> The section will cover GLIBC 2.24 install, patchelf utility and the changes needed to ConTeXt install scripts for such an installation.
>
> How can I go about contributing to the wiki?

Do you have trouble creating a new account on the wiki?

Mojca
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