Re: Modules installation script not found

On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM Hans Hagen via ntg-context
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 3/22/2026 4:57 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have always installed Context using standalone distribution.
> > However, when I try to install the modules using the command
> >
> >   mtxrun --script install-modules --install --all
> >
> > then it cannot find install-modules.lua script anymore. Any help on
> > how to install modules on a fresh Context installation would be much
> > appreciated?
>
> Isn't there a
>
>    mtx-install-modules.lua
>
> file in the tex tree?
>
> Hans
>
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The file is there but mtxrun cannot find it. Following is the output
of the command:

$  mtxrun --script install-modules --list
mtxrun          | forcing cache reload
resolvers       | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on
given path '/home/shiv/texmf/web2c' from specification
'home:texmf/web2c'
resolvers       | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on
given path '/etc/texmf/web2c' from specification '/etc/texmf/web2c'
resolvers       | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on
given path '/home/shiv/context/share/texmf/web2c' from specification
'selfautodir:/share/texmf/web2c'
resolvers       | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on
given path '/home/shiv/texmf/web2c' from specification
'home:texmf/web2c'
resolvers       | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on
given path '/etc/texmf/web2c' from specification '/etc/texmf/web2c'
resolvers       | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on
given path '/home/shiv/context/share/texmf/web2c' from specification
'selfautodir:/share/texmf/web2c'
resolvers       | resolving |
resolvers       | resolving | warning: no lua configuration files found
resolvers       | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF)
resolvers       | resolving |
mtxrun          | the resolver databases are not present or outdated
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file
'mtx-install-modules.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-install-modules.lua'
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file
'mtx-install-moduless.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-install-moduless.lua'
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file
'mtx-install-module.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-install-module.lua'
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file
'mtx-t-install-modules.lua' using hash
'lua::mtx-t-install-modules.lua'
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file
'mtx-t-install-moduless.lua' using hash
'lua::mtx-t-install-moduless.lua'
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file
'mtx-t-install-module.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-t-install-module.lua'
resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file 'install-modules.lua'
using hash 'lua::install-modules.lua'
mtxrun          | unknown script 'install-modules.lua' or
'mtx-install-modules.lua'


I can see the file inside
tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-install-modules.lua
-- 
Respect,
Shiv Shankar Dayal
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