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Using MiKTeX 2.9 package manager (mpm.exe) I try to install savesym.sty. It is listed in the mpm window, I can right click it and choose 'Install'. But when mpm tries to install it aborts with a "not found" error:

package repository: http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
lightweight database digest: b412617853dd68b9a7087203775787c7
going to download 1311 bytes
going to install 2 file(s) (1 package(s))
downloading http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/savesym.cab...

And then a dialog pops up simply saying

Error response from server: 404

Following that link to the repository, the file does indeed not seem to exist. So how can I solve this problem?

And it is not an administrator rights problem. I can install and use other packages using mpm.

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    have you tried with another repository?
    – Federico
    Nov 21, 2013 at 14:15
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    Worked just fine with the berlin repository.
    – Ulrike Fischer
    Nov 21, 2013 at 14:17
  • Change Package Repository as @Federico as per in karlkoeller's answer at Installing colortbl package and as a last resort if it's only savesym.sty package then save the savesym.sty in your working folder.
    – texenthusiast
    Nov 21, 2013 at 14:21

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Looking into http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/ I see there is savesym archived as savesym.tar.lzma, but according to your log file the (older) CAB version was requested. For the reason I can only guess, that this mirror was not up to date some days ago (it is now).

So some general hints:

  • You can check whether your selected mirror is (officially) up to date on MiKTeX Package Repositories.

  • On each update a file mpm.ini is updated first. This can also be found in archive miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma on each mirror. For savesym you can among other entries read there:

    [savesym]
Type=TarLzma

    So, if you’d get this error message again, you could check, if there would be a inconsistency.

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