Re: [MiKTeX] Directory Structure of MikTeX

[Hans F. N. <Han...@hi...>]

* Daniele Giorgio Degiorgi <deg...@in...> [2006-05-03]:
> Dear all,
> 
> In the Options menu I see that I have a Local TEXMF directory
> (\usr\localtexmf) and a second directory \usr\texmf.
> 
> Recently I discovered that all new installations are done in localtexmf,
> while the original texmf is still scanned, but is no more updated and keeps
> old versions of the new packages.
> 
> I suppose that this was the result of some mistake I did in the past and I
> wonder if there is some easy way to recover this without reinstalling the
> whole.

In MiKTeX Options, look at the roots tab. Have you declared \usr\texmf
local? If so, remove it and add it again (so it's no longer local)...
And check that \usr\localtexmf is set to local.

Hans