Thanks Bruce. For now I'm just using ConTeXt from TeXLive, which is packaged and is recent enough. I guess some sort of FHSEnv in nix, and then running the install script and patchelf might be enough?
Best, Mica August 25, 2024 at 5:09 AM, "Bruce Horrocks" <n...@scorecrow.com> wrote: > > > > > On 15 Aug 2024, at 18:31, Mica via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if anyone has packaged the ConTeXt standalone for > > nixpkgs/NixOS and if yes, can you share your derivation? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Hi Mica, > > Short answer: no. > > Longer answer: I’ve not myself previously compiled the various components > that go into ConTeXt so producing a package definition is going to be a lot > of work from scratch. If you have a specific target machine in mind (e.g. an > x64) then producing a simple nix-shell that mimics a manual install of the > pre-built binary might be simpler. > > Also, ConTeXt changes frequently. That introduces quite a burden on keeping > the Nix package up-to-date unless it can be automated, which in turn is yet > more work. If I used Nixos as my daily driver I might consider it, but I > don’t. > > — > > Bruce Horrocks > > Hampshire, UK > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
