% language=us runpath=texruns:manuals/musings \startcomponent musings-hownotto \environment musings-style \startchapter[title={How not to install \CONTEXT}] \startalign[flushleft] Installing LuaMetaTeX can be a complex process that requires some technical expertise, but the following steps should give you a general idea of what is involved: \startitemize[n] \startitem First, you need to ensure that you have a recent version of the Lua programming language installed on your system. You can download the latest version of Lua from the official website at http://www.lua.org/download.html. \footnote {The \LUA\ code needed is part of the source tree that can be downloaded from GitHub or websites.} \stopitem \startitem Next, you need to download the latest version of the MetaTeX distribution, which includes the LuaMetaTeX engine, from the official ConTeXt Garden website at https://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone. \footnote {There is no \METATEX, although we sometimes joke about it.} \stopitem \startitem Once you have downloaded the MetaTeX distribution, extract the files to a directory on your system. \footnote {So here one is stuck.} \stopitem \startitem You can then run the LuaMetaTeX engine by opening a command prompt or terminal window and navigating to the directory where you extracted the MetaTeX files. From there, you can run the command "luametatex" followed by the name of the TeX file you want to process. \footnote {Shouldn't it be compiled first? And even then it needs some format, so one needs \type {context} and \type {mtxrun}.} \stopitem \startitem To make it easier to use LuaMetaTeX with your favorite text editor, you may also want to install a TeX distribution such as TeX Live or MiKTeX, which includes support for LuaMetaTeX. These distributions typically include a graphical user interface that makes it easier to manage your TeX installation and configure your system for use with LuaMetaTeX. \footnote {Indeed installing \TEXLIVE\ is easier, as is installing the smaller reference installation which uses \LUAMETATEX\ as its own installer. As far as we know, \MIKTEX\ doesn't include \LMTX. And yes, consulting the documentation might be best.} \stopitem \stopitemize It's worth noting that the exact steps for installing LuaMetaTeX may vary depending on your operating system and the specific TeX distribution you are using. For more detailed instructions, you may want to consult the official documentation for LuaMetaTeX and the TeX distribution you are using. \footnote {So here is the way out of the proposed mess.} \start \blank \bf by ChatGPT \footnote {Queried by Mikael Sundqvist.} \footnote {Which (at least here) is more about well formed sentences than about verified content. We can only hope that new \TEX\ users are able to recognize a fake.} \stop \stopalign \stoptext