conTeXt distros on MACOSX

conTeXt distros on MACOSX

[andrea valle]

(This derives form the thread about metafun.mem)

As I have used till now only texshop, I  was going to try the distro 
form pragma-ade. I downloaded it but I do not know what to do. As they 
are binaries I supposed I have not to compile anything. Should I simply 
put the folder in the right place? The Readme is quite vague.

I put it in usr/local, tried to run from terminal the texexec bin but 
obtained:

apples-Computer:/ apple$ /usr/local/tex/texmf-macosx/bin/texexec --h
/usr/local/tex/texmf-macosx/bin/texexec: line 2: texmfstart: command 
not found


What have I to do to use the most recent distro from pragma?

More, I really cannot understand what's going on when I invoke "typeset 
context" form inside TeXShop. Luckily, something happens and I have my 
nice pdfs.

This is default engine as stated by TeXShop.
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current

If I go there, I find many binaries, and there's  a texexec. If I 
invoke it directly form terminal I obtain:

apples-Computer:/ apple$ 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/texexec -h
`texexec.pl' not found.

If I invoke texexec from terminal, default is located in sw/bin. It's 
3.1 version:

apples-Computer:/ apple$ which texexec
/sw/bin/texexec
apples-Computer:/ apple$ texexec -h

  TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002


(I know virtually nothing of bash, I grabbed some commands here and 
there)

I'm getting a bit depressed...


-a-

Re: conTeXt distros on MACOSX

[Adam Lindsay]

andrea valle said this at Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:59:03 +0100:

>
>If I invoke texexec from terminal, default is located in sw/bin. It's 
>3.1 version:

Danger! Danger!
(Sorry, that's a bit cruel and extreme.)
However, it seems that you, once upon a time, installed the Fink package
system, and tried to get TeX along with it. Fink is notoriously "greedy"
in the way it sets the path, and can live a long time on your system
after you have forgotten it exists.

If you don't use any fink-installed packages, I suggest completely
obliterating the /sw tree. If you can't get away with that, I suggest
going through and deleting all tex-related binaries from the /sw/bin
tree or making sure /sw/bin is inserted into your $PATH last, and not first.

(for those watching from the sidelines, Fink <http://
fink.sourceforge.net/>  is a dpkg system for the Mac, but I have long
disapproved of the way it goes about its business on people's systems)
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Re: conTeXt distros on MACOSX

[andrea valle]

(Thanks Adam)
Yessir, you're right.
I had Fink. I suspect that the finked TeX derived form ancient 
lilypond, as I have not installed it explicitly via Fink.
Now, Lily is no more related to TeX, and I have ImageMagick form 
Gierben, so I'm obliterating the sw tree.

Best

-a-






On 8 Nov 2005, at 12:15, Adam Lindsay wrote:

> andrea valle said this at Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:59:03 +0100:
>
>>
>> If I invoke texexec from terminal, default is located in sw/bin. It's
>> 3.1 version:
>
> Danger! Danger!
> (Sorry, that's a bit cruel and extreme.)
> However, it seems that you, once upon a time, installed the Fink 
> package
> system, and tried to get TeX along with it. Fink is notoriously 
> "greedy"
> in the way it sets the path, and can live a long time on your system
> after you have forgotten it exists.
>
> If you don't use any fink-installed packages, I suggest completely
> obliterating the /sw tree. If you can't get away with that, I suggest
> going through and deleting all tex-related binaries from the /sw/bin
> tree or making sure /sw/bin is inserted into your $PATH last, and not 
> first.
>
> (for those watching from the sidelines, Fink <http://
> fink.sourceforge.net/>  is a dpkg system for the Mac, but I have long
> disapproved of the way it goes about its business on people's systems)
> -- 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept.     atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk
>  Lancaster University, InfoLab21        +44(0)1524/510.514
>  Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK             Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492
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Andrea Valle
DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
andrea.valle@unito.it