Re: Installation

[Roger Mason <rmason@sparky2.esd.mun.ca>]

Hello again,

Firstly thanks to David Antos for his help on my previous post: that fixed
one problem.

Again, following the installation manual I have run the command:

texexec --make metafun

with the following result:

 TeXExec 1.9 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2000

                 error : SetupPath set to unknown path
/usr/share/texmf/tex/base/
fmtutil: no info for format `cont-metafun'.

            executable : pdfetex
             format(s) : metafun

Evidently something is incorrect in the texexec.ini file. Unfortunately, I
don't know exactly what files (or kinds of files) the different variables
in that file should point to.  If someone could please provide this
information I'd be most grateful.  I give below the result of

texexec --verbose

Thanks,

Roger Mason

 TeXExec 1.9 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2000

     locating ini file : found by kpsewhich
               reading : /usr/share/texmf/context/config/texexec.ini
               setting : 'TeXFontsPath' to '/usr/share/texmf' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXFormatPath' to '/usr/share/texmf' for 'all'
               setting : 'ConTeXtPath' to
'/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base' for 'all'
               setting : 'SetupPath' to '/usr/share/texmf/tex/base' for
'all'
                 error : SetupPath set to unknown path
/usr/share/texmf/tex/base/
               setting : 'TeXShell' to 'tetex' for 'all'
               setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'en nl metafun mptopdf' for
'all'
               setting : 'UserInterface' to 'en' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'tex' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpExecutable' to 'mpost' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'all'
               setting : 'DviToMpExecutable' to 'dvitomp' for 'all'
               setting : 'DviSpecialScript' to 'dvispec' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpFormat' to 'metafun' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'pdfetex' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'TeXVirginFlag' to '-ini' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'TeXPassString' to '-progname=context' for
'tetex'
               setting : 'TeXBatchFlag' to '-int=batchmode' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpVirginFlag' to '-ini' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpPassString' to '-progname=mpost' for 'tetex'
               setting : 'MpBatchFlag' to '-int=batchmode' for 'tetex'

          used setting : TeXShell = tetex
          used setting : SetupPath = /usr/share/texmf/tex/base
          used setting : UserInterface = en
          used setting : UsedInterfaces = en nl metafun mptopdf
          used setting : MpExecutable = mpost
          used setting : MpToTeXExecutable = mpto
          used setting : DviToMpExecutable = dvitomp
          used setting : TeXProgramPath = 
          used setting : TeXFormatPath = /usr/share/texmf
          used setting : ConTeXtPath = /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base
          used setting : TeXScriptsPath = 
          used setting : TeXExecutable = pdfetex
          used setting : TeXVirginFlag = -ini
          used setting : TeXPassString = -progname=context
          used setting : TeXFormatFlag = &
          used setting : FmtLanguage = 
          used setting : FmtBodyFont = 
          used setting : TcXPath = 

      locating fmtutil : found
                --help   show this or more, e.g. '--help interface'