Install packages online from MiKTeX console

Question

I tried installing a package automatically from the MiKTeX console, but it keeps showing this error message

a connection to mirrors.hit.edu.cn could not be established

What is the solution to this problem as manual installation is hectic?

Answer 1

If it is not working because of strict corporate firewall policy, etc., but you can download manually the package archive file from a mirror (usually packagename.tar.lzma, and they could be found on the next path on mirrors: /ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/), you can do the next (manual package installation):

1. Unpack the package archive somewhere. usually there is a texmf directory in it with one or more of the next subdirectories: doc, source, tex, tpm.
2. Copy these subdirectories to your systems MikTex installations proper subdirectory. The proper subdirectory where you can find the aforementioned 4 subdirectories. It can be texmfs\install\, but this maybe varies from system to system.
3. In order to refresh MikteX's file database you have to issue the next command in the command line: initexmf --update-fndb.

Answer 2

Unpack the package archive somewhere. usually there is a texmf directory in it with one or more of the next subdirectories: doc, source, tex, tpm.