From: Dr F. J. W. <F.J...@qm...> - 2003-03-25 13:16:16
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I had a very similar problem, also on Win NT, a few days ago, although I only remember noticing that the file name database refresh failed. I then performed the refresh successfully via MiKTeX Options, after which the update that had failed now succeeded. Maybe it would have been sufficient to just try the update again. However, now the update wizard shows the OLD dates on ALL my packages as 20-Mar-03 while the NEW dates vary and are usually older. I suspect it was the update failure that has caused this. Can anyone suggest a way to recover without re-installing the whole of MiKTeX? Thanks, Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ko-Kang Kevin Wang" <Ko...@xt...> To: <mik...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:53 AM Subject: [MiKTeX] Installation Error > Hi, > > I was installing MikTeX on the lab computers for a coming LaTeX Workshop > when I got: > Extracting files from psafm.cab... > > Error: Cannot extract files from 'C:\TEMP\MiKTeX\packages\psafm.cab'.. > > Refreshing file name database... > > Error: Cannot refresh the file name database.. > Package installation didn't complete. > > It happened on some computers but didn't on others. The lab computers use > Windows NT. Any ideas? > > Cheers, > > Kevin |