[MiKTeX] MiKTeX2.5 and installation of missing packages

[Olli J. M. <oll...@ko...>]

Dear Christian and fellows,

I am somewhat confused; maybe I have misunderstood the following sentence:

easy package management: missing packages can be installed 
automatically; a wizard helps you to keep your MiKTeX system up-to-date

and this does not consern the beta versions (currently beta 9) of MiKTeX 
2.5 - or?

I have made a clean installation of MiKTeX 2.5 every new beta version, 
adding "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.5\miktex\bin" (without quotes) in the 
path (WinXP with SP2), added the languages (Finnish, Swedish, and UK 
English) that I need, updated (always miktex-msvcrt offered - why?), 
added C:\localtexmf to the Roots, updated formats, and refreshed FNDB. 
However, running  latex foo.tex in console always stops with first 
"usepackage" - e.g. fancyhdr - that does not belong to the base 
installation package, and the log tells that the installed miktex does 
not know the Finnish hyphenation. - no question of automatic 
installation of missing and needed packages.

Have I done something wrong with the installation, or is this most 
important feature something that will not be added before the final 
issue of version 2.5?

Olli the Greybeard