Miktex 2.9 trying to install dvips after update (win 7)

Question

after updating my miktex 2.9 distribution it is not compiling correctly my old files, but giving me the error

Prozess gestartet: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "Lebenslauf".tex

Unfortunately, the package dvips could not be installed.Please check the log file: C:/Users/sirui/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/pdflatex.log

Kommando abgestürzt: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "Lebenslauf".tex

Prozess endete mit Fehler(n)

It seems to be trying to install the dvips packages which is no more available on ctan.

The log is as follows:

2017-10-30 14:54:42,877+0100 INFO pdflatex - starting with command line: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode Lebenslauf.tex
2017-10-30 14:54:42,893+0100 INFO pdflatex - allowing known shell commands 2017-10-30 14:54:42,893+0100 INFO pdflatex - enabling input (output) from (to) processes
2017-10-30 14:54:45,623+0100 INFO pdflatex - installing package dvips triggered by fonts\enc\dvips\base\8r.enc
2017-10-30 14:54:48,004+0100 FATAL pdflatex - The remote package repository is outdated. You have to choose another repository.
2017-10-30 14:54:48,004+0100 FATAL pdflatex - Info: ="url="http://ftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/"" 2017-10-30 14:54:48,004+0100 FATAL pdflatex - Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\PackageManager\RestRemoteService.cpp
2017-10-30 14:54:48,004+0100 FATAL pdflatex - Line: 275
2017-10-30 14:54:48,144+0100 INFO pdflatex - finishing with exit code 1

Has someone experienced this too and what would be the best solution to this issue?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Thanks Ulrike Fischer, the answer to the issue was a server problem that day which caused the package to not be retrievable. It works fine now. See the original answer below.

There is currently a problem with the server see github.com/MiKTeX/miktex/issues/27. If you need the packages you will have to get them from ctan and install through a local repository (tex.stackexchange.com/questions/251242/…) – Ulrike Fischer 21 hours ago