Thread: [MiKTeX] How to install MikTex 2.8?
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From: Jean-Jacques v. v. e. <jjv...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 15:53:43
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Hello experts, At the moment I use MikTek 2.7 (with WinEdt and Windows). How can I do to install MikTek 2.8?. Thanks in advance for your help, Jean-Jacques |
From: Uwe Z. <zie...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 17:27:23
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Dear Jean-Jaques, just look at the hints given here: http://miktex.org/2.8/setup Uwe |
From: Jean-Jacques v. v. e. <jjv...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 19:35:52
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Thanks for the advice Uwe, I see that as I have already installed MikTek2.7, I need to UPDADE to MikTex2.8. Following what says in the homepage of MikTex (see below), I can do step 1, but not 2 (because I dont know how to use the "help mpm" (see below) in windows). I am not familiarized with MikTex, but maybe I could uninstall completely MikTex2.7 before installing MikTex2.8, but I dont know what would happen with all my previous packages, neither with previous files that I already have generated. Kind regards, Jean - Jacques Upgrading a previous MiKTeX installation There is no explicit upgrade mechanism which transforms a MiKTeX 2.7 installation into a MiKTeX 2.8 installation. But you can use the command-line version of the package manager to import all missing packages into your MiKTeX 2.8 installation directory. So the upgrade involves these steps: 1. install MiKTeX 2.8 2. import MiKTeX 2.7 packages (see below) 3. uninstall MiKTeX 2.7 You can import MiKTeX 2.7 packages with the help of mpm (command-line variant of the package manager): mpm --admin --verbose --repository="C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7" --import-all 2010/3/27 Uwe Ziegenhagen <zie...@gm...> > Dear Jean-Jaques, > > just look at the hints given here: > > http://miktex.org/2.8/setup > > Uwe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Uwe Z. <zie...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 19:54:00
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Hi Jean-Jaques, a completely fresh installation is not the worst idea, I usually do the same. Please specify what you mean with "my previous packages" and "generated files" If you have own packages and styles, they should be in a localtexmf folder. This localtexmf folder can also be used with MikTeX 2.8. If you followed this procedures all your TeX-files using these packages should pose no problems when upgraded to MikTeX 2.8. Uwe |
From: Jean-Jacques v. v. e. <jjv...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 20:11:57
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Thanks a lot for the answer Uwe, Previous packages mean the *.sty that I needed to dowload from somewhere. "generated files" means the documents with extension tex, like myfirstpaper.tex that I wrote. Those files I saved in some directories of WinEdt like in C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt\Samples\Paper\ Thanks again for the help. Kind regards, Jean-Jacques 2010/3/27 Uwe Ziegenhagen <zie...@gm...> > Hi Jean-Jaques, > > a completely fresh installation is not the worst idea, I usually do the > same. Please specify what you mean with "my previous packages" and > "generated files" > > If you have own packages and styles, they should be in a localtexmf folder. > This localtexmf folder can also be used with MikTeX 2.8. > > If you followed this procedures all your TeX-files using these packages > should pose no problems when upgraded to MikTeX 2.8. > > Uwe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Uwe Z. <zie...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 20:19:33
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Don't mix up WinEDT and the MikTeX installation. They are pretty much separate. What may however be necessary is to adjust some of the paths inside WinEDT after the installation, But since I use TeXniccenter, I can't give much advice here. Uwe |
From: Jean-Jacques v. v. e. <jjv...@gm...> - 2010-03-27 22:29:41
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Thanks for the help Uwe. Finally, I installed MikTex2.8 and then I uninstall MikTex2.7. No of my files was lost, everything is in the same subdirectories (of WinEdt). Kindest regards, Jean-Jacques 2010/3/27 Uwe Ziegenhagen <zie...@gm...> > Don't mix up WinEDT and the MikTeX installation. They are pretty much > separate. What may however be necessary is to adjust some of the paths > inside WinEDT after the installation, But since I use TeXniccenter, I can't > give much advice here. > > Uwe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: le c. <elo...@ag...> - 2010-04-08 10:00:21
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Dear Uwe, I have installed MikTex 2.8 after uninstalling MikTex2.7. But now when I want to build my file this is the message that I got: c:\Progamm Files\MiKteX 2.7\miktex\....exe can not execute the command. Error Le fichier spécifié est introuvable." What should I do to be able to get a pdf? I thank you a lot for your answer! Elodie |
From: Uwe Z. <zie...@gm...> - 2010-04-08 18:34:43
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Well, my French is more than limited but you need to adjust the path to the executable: c:\Progamm Files\MiKteX *2.7*\miktex\....exe can not execute the command. should direct to 2.8. Which editor do you use? Uwe 2010/4/7 le cadre <elo...@ag...> > > > > Dear Uwe, > > I have installed MikTex 2.8 after uninstalling MikTex2.7. > But now when I want to build my file this is the message that I got: > c:\Progamm Files\MiKteX 2.7\miktex\....exe can not execute the command. > Error Le fichier spécifié est introuvable." > > What should I do to be able to get a pdf? > > I thank you a lot for your answer! > Elodie > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > -- Dr. Uwe Ziegenhagen <http://www.uweziegenhagen.de> |