From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/42381 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: TeX Live and ConTeXt MKIV installation and maintenance Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:56:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <4875B6B7.6030702@elvenkind.com> <20080709210619.GL17086@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <200807092155.m69Ltvv20563@f7.net> <20080710082447.GA20554@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <4875D043.9020802@elvenkind.com> <20080710093404.GA29993@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <48761507.1000603@elvenkind.com> <20080710173728.365553w7h3q4vt44@web.mail.umich.edu> <22af238a0807120807o542fd5dev12b2078c2b70bebd@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215881671 32549 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2008 16:54:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:54:31 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jul 12 18:55:18 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KHiNQ-0000DX-H1 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:55:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08D41FCA0; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:54:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02012-02-2; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:53:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA4E1FBBA; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:53:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC0E1FB38 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:53:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01815-02-2 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:52:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6401FBBD for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:52:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM adi-laptop.local (c-68-40-40-75.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.40.75]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4878E154.A34C6.19229 ; 12 Jul 2008 12:52:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: <22af238a0807120807o542fd5dev12b2078c2b70bebd@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:42381 Archived-At: On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, George N. White III wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> Is it possible to test texlive without uninstalling texlive2007 >> installed by a system package manager? Last time I tried texlive 2008, >> mkiv setup was reading texmf.cnf that came with system installed >> tl2007, and therefore could not find the correct files. I want to test >> tl2008, but at the moment cannot afford to uninstall tl2007. I also realized that I had TEXMFCNF variable set, which was causing havoc with tl2008. > I have two versions of TL2007 (Red Hat's and one I maintain from > the svn repo) and have been testing TL2008 without removing. > TL is designed to work from a self-contained tree, but there are > a few potential problems to watch for: > > 0. Some Windows GUI environments may store the information > gleaned from the TeX configuration when they are first > installed, so you need to check which versions are being > used and be prepared to use command-line stuff if your > editor makes bad choices. This can also be an issue > with some *x GUI environments whre the app is started > by the GUI and doesn't see changes to the path made > in your current shell. > > 1. the default on is to have texlive/YYYY/texmf* trees with > texlive/texmf-local available to all the versions. If you have > put updates to TL2007 in your texmf-local, they may be older > versions than those in TL2008. The same applies to updates > in $HOME/texmf. > > 2. on *x be careful not to have the installer create symbolic links, > e.g., in /usr/bin. You can then select the version you want > by adjusting the PATH variable. > > > On *X I recommend the environment modules tools to manage > your PATH. This is available in some linux distros, and comes > with SGI Irix. Another approach that works on WIn32 and *x > is to write a script that sets the path and loads a shell. Then > you can use that for command-line processing, or start emacs > from the command-line to use AUCTeX. > > 3. formats and configs may end up in $HOME/.texliveYYYY, > which is OK if you are using only one install for a given year, > but can cause problems if you end up with two installs for the > same TL version. The solution is to make sure you use the > -sys versions to put configs and formats into the system > directories. Thank you. I followed your instructions, and everything works perfectly. (Well, I did have to manually follow the post-install instructions from Taco). I only installed ConTeXt, american language and english documentation. ConTeXt works fine, but the only third party module that is installed in t-bib. Did I miss an option for installing ConTeXt third party modules, or are they not present currently? Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________