I think I might completely uninstall my current TeXlive (2011) and install
the newest one from CTAN, as you recommend.  I also run into problems when
I want to run both ConTeXt and plain TeX or LaTeX: I was using TeX on some
old files yesterday, and because my path was set up to reference the
/opt/context tree before the /usr/share/texmf tree, TeX kept giving errors.
 So I needed to fiddle with my path first.  (One day I'll convert my TeX
files to ConTeXt, but that requires more time than I have right now.)

Thanks, everybody!


On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Bill Meahan <subscribed_lists@meahan.net>wrote:

> On 02/28/2013 06:51 PM, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
>
>> Actually, maybe my version is a bit old: context --version returns
>> 2011.05.18 18:04.  I'll try to update it.  (I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, but
>> when I tried to update using apt-get the system told me that I had the
>> latest version).  In the meantime I'll try your alternative.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> Most of the software in the repository is a few to several revisions
> behind. The texlive package, for example, is from 2009  :(
>
> Best to install the standalone or install texlive yourself using the
> installer from CTAN. I have both on my 12.04 system though I mostly use the
> standalone version.
>
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