Re: [MiKTeX] [MiKTeX2.9] unable to instal package from local respository

[David A. <dra...@me...>]

Aharon Tam wrote:
> I am a memeber (at1087) and it seems that no one can answer this simple
> install from local repostiory!

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> Firstly,
> I am unable to install fancyhdr.sty and prosper.sty from local repository
> (can not use package manager because of firewall).
> I follow the instruction in:
> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2063/how-can-i-manually-install-a-
> package-on-miktex-windows
> 
> in registering a local repository but all updates returns an error:
> directory
> does not seem to be repository.

What do you mean "by registering a local repository" and what files were in the directory you tried to register?

Incidentally, while there's no problem using a forum to get information, don't neglect the manual - http://docs.miktex.org/2.9/manual/installing.html

> Secondly,
> I tried and downloaded the complete MikTex to my hard drive and while
> trying to
> install from local directory
> I get: directory is not a valid installation source. And this is happening
> for
> any directory that I have tried
> to install from in the tree.

You need to give more steps if you want any help - what directory names exactly did you try and are you referring to installation directory or repository directory (for example, my MiKTeX repository is located in D:\Repositories\MiKTeX\2.8 but MiKTeX is installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.8). Which options did you select in net setup (just Download only, presumably?) and if so did you then select *exactly* the same path for the installation later on. What do you mean precisely then "install from local directory" - did you even re-run MiKTeX setup a second time or are you then trying to install the package from MiKTeX options (and if so, did you select exactly the same directory you downloaded)?

Downloading a full repository should have taken a little while, the directory should contain a lot of .cab, .lzma and .bz2 files. MiKTeX will fail and display the message you're seeing about it not being a valid repository if it can't find miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma and miktex-zzdb2-2.9.tar.lzma (I've extrapolated those names as I'm running MiKTeX 2.8, but I expect that's correct...) as those contain the manifest files.


David