Re: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF

[Ulrike F. <li...@ni...>]

Am Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:06:08 +0000 schrieb José Carlos Santos:

> Hi all,
> 
> After upgrading MiKTeX this morning, nothing works anymore. :(
> 
> If I try to compile with PDFLaTeX a file whose contents are:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> Hello World!
> \end{document}
> 
> then I get the information that the article class is missing (it isn't, 
> of course!) and then MiKTeX asks for my permission to install it. And 
> then it creates a DVI file, not a PDF file.
> 
> Any ideas?

Well I will avoid updates in the next days ;-). 
I suggest 
1. Update FNDB as user an admin
2. Synchronize the repository / switch it
3. Recreate the formats

If the problem persist: make a bug report. I have seen already too
other messages which indicates that something is wrong.

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/