Re: [MiKTeX] MiKTeX 2.5

[Johannes L. <ja...@gm...>]

Francisco A. S. Grossi wrote:
> I made a clean 2.5 basic installation: removed old 2.4, downloaded the 
> installer form the MiKTeX home page, and executed it.
> 
> Then I compiled an old source and several packages were installed on the 
> fly. Then, I tried to execute the MiKTeX update procedure and, for my 
> surprise, a got updates for the installe and for several packages.
> 
> Although I got it working, I would like to understand why these updates 
> showed up if just downloaded everything a couple of minutes before?

The most likely answer is, that the installer doesn't include the latest
files yet. Considering the speed of development, this isn't surprising.

> Second question: where should I put my own packages and teh language.dat?

Regarding the answer I'd like to refer to the MiKTeX experts. :)

Best regards,
Johannes Luber