About .ind and .idx

Question

I do not know why after creating the file .idx, LaTeX does not create the file .ind. I am using the following commands:

In the preamble

\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex

at the end

\printindex

Welcome. // Did you run the command line and compile Latex again? — MS-SPO, Jun 23, 2022 at 18:12
We need more context here. Can you provide a minimal document that starts with \documentclass and ends with \end{document} that we can copy-and-paste-and-compile as see exactly what the issue is? Can you do that? — Werner, Jun 23, 2022 at 18:12
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,twoside]{book} \usepackage{amsmath,bm}% \usepackage{amsfonts}% \usepackage{amssymb}% \usepackage{makeidx} \makeindex \begin{document} \renewcommand{\indexname}{Index} \include{Chapters/Chapter_01} \include{Chapters/Chapter_02} \printindex \end{document} — Carlos Bastero, Jun 23, 2022 at 19:20
@CarlosBasterodeEleizalde: For future reference, you should really read this: I've just been asked to write a minimal working example (MWE), what is that? — Werner, Jun 23, 2022 at 19:57

MS-SPO · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-23 18:36:46Z

Say, your latex code is stored in myDoc.tex . It contains the statements you mentioned.

Compile Latex for the first time.

Open a terminal (i.e. cmd on windows), set the path to the directory of myDoc.tex and run from the command line, where > denotes the prompt:

> makeindex myDoc

This step compiles all relevant info from your \index{} statements made.

Compile Latex a second time, and there you go.

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