Re: [MiKTeX] I am not a MiKTeX user ..

[Philip G. R. <phi...@fa...>]

> For the advice that I write, creating a new local tree is 
> less the issue than determining the name of an existing local 
> tree. (Although, Ulrike, I take your point that many users 
> will not have a tree because they have had no need.)  Also, 
> people who maintain multiuser installations are not really 
> the primary audience.  
> 
> So, do I understand that there is no command-line way to do 
> this?  If so, could I trouble someone to confirm that my 
> unerstanding of the GUI 
> advice is correct?
> 
>   Go to MiKTeX->settings and find the tab "roots".  Use any 
> root shown there that disappears when you select "Show MiKTeX 
> maintained roots". If 
> there are no such roots, see the MiKTeX manual for how to create one.

Perhaps not quite, try this:

Go to MiKTeX->settings and find the tab "roots".  Use any 
root shown there that does NOT disappear when you UNCHECK "Show MiKTeX 
maintained roots", EXCEPT for that described as "Install". If 
there are no such roots, see the MiKTeX manual for how to create one.