Questions tagged [updating]
questions to do with updating distributions
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Problem with installation: cannot determine release!
My Windows 10 system has just started acting like and usual Windows system: every now and then, it suddenly stops by itself.
Unfortunately, it happened while I was updating TeX Live (2017).
Now, if ...
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Where is the right place for .tfm, .mf and .sty file?
I want to to install esvect.sty on my texmaker, I have ubuntu 14.04 and tex live from Ubuntu software center.
I downloaded esvect.zip from this https://ctan.org/pkg/esvect. I follow the README ...
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User and admin MiKTeX Update [closed]
I like to be updated. So from time to time I do an update of MiKTeX. I did it some days ago and just to see I do it again today.
If I do the update with MiKTeK Update (admin) I got nothing to update (...
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Bibliography does not update
I am using WinEdt to write my thesis and JabRef for the bibliography and encounter the following problem:
Whenever I change or add something to my list in JabRef and use the "PDFTeXify" button to ...
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Can't compile .tex file after MacTeX 2017 last packages update
Till last update of MacTeX my files were compiled nice.
After update I can't compile them. Example code:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1,T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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Where to put the files of package 'karnaugh-map' when installed manually?
I have just installed the package 'karnaugh-map' with the commands:
pdflatex karnaugh-map.ins
pdflatex karnaugh-map.dtx
Now, I have a installation directory
C:\Users\User\Desktop\karnaugh-map
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Transfer installed packages when installing a new TexLive release
Currently I have TexLive2016 with some packages installed via tlmgr.
Now I would like to switch to the 2017 release and I was wondering if it is possible to somehow install the same packages in the ...
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tlmgr update now require wget
I've tried to install beamer on mac using tlmgr, but it asked me to update tlmgr, so I did it. Now when I try to install a package it complains saying that wget is not installed (and it is not, I'm on ...
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"Installation of new version of xxxx failed, trying to unwind" messages when I update TeX Live 2016
This morning I've updated TeX Live with the GUI for Windows 10, as usual, but Im getting some messages I've never seen before.
Here is the log shown in the GUI.
First attempt:
Executing action ...
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Problem Updating MiKTeX [duplicate]
Today I installed MiKTeX on my PC then went to updated as recommended, but I am facing an error, can anyone help please ? Here is the error message
here is the update log :
2017-02-26 17:03:56,937+...
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Issue after TL update, february 9, 2017, \RequirePackage{expl3} [closed]
Before update TL was working fine. After update got the error:
Package l3sort Error: This package is obsolete --- use 'expl3'
instead. use 'expl3' instead}\@ehc
l3* packages were updated.
How ...
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tlmgr installs files outside /usr/local during update --all in TL2016
texlive 2016 was installed locally in /usr/local/texlive/2016/ on a gentoo Linux system by the install-tl -gui installer.
An update with tlmgr returns:
/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux# ./...
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MiKTeX209-jpeg.dll is missing
After installing MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows 7, I can open TeXworks but only if I do not use the MiKTeX updater. After updating MiKTeX after installation and whenever I try to open TeXworks, I get the ...
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How to install the development version of BibLaTeX (using MiKTeX on Windows)?
I know, this is most likely well documented and has been asked before, so probably I am just overwhelmed by the amount of available information on the issue. I'm trying to install the development ...
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Cannot compile after manually update a package
I decide to manually update a package {because of freezing texlive 2015} (xepersian-from 16.1 to 16.5)
I follow these steps:
Download zip file from ctan
Extract
generate .sty by running cmd:
Copy ...
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`pdftex-def` obsolete - When updating MikTeX, I can't compile
When I updated MikTeX through the automatic update program, I could not compile afterwards. It could not find pdftex-def. I then uninstalled MiKTeX and reinstalled it again. Now it is working again. ...
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The remote package repository is not online. You have to choose another repository [duplicate]
After updating MikTex last night I am getting the error message in subject when trying to install or update the packages.
By default I was using http://ctan.mirror.rafal.ca/systems/win32/miktex/tm/...
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Path Problems Again with El Cap 10.11.6?
Last year I updated my mac to El Capitan, and followed the instructions here to fix the path issues. It was easy!
Today I updated to 10.11.6. The preferences in TeXMaker (my GUI of choice) reverted ...
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Identifying a fix for an Undefined control sequence (\pgfdeclareplothandler) error [closed]
I would like to identify a fix for the following error:
"C:\Program Files\MiKTeX
2.9\tex\generic\pgf\libraries\pgflibraryplothandlers. code.tex" ! Undefined control sequence. l.24 \...
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Automatic package install in linux? [duplicate]
In Windows, I run TexWorks, and when I include a package that I do not already have installed, it asks me if I want to install that package.
In linux (Ubuntu), I have tried this in TexWorks, and ...
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Any effort towards a rolling release of TeX Live?
This is a follow on, in a way, from my question a couple of years ago about Why does TeX Live "require" yearly updates? One of the answers suggested that there was some discussion about ...
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What have been the most important changes to LaTeX in the last five years? (2011–2016)
I spent the last two years out of the loop and came looking for information about the recent advances within the (La)TeX ecosystem, basically to see whether the issues I found frustrating enough to ...
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How do I run MikTeX update wizard on Windows 8? [duplicate]
I have MikTex 2.9. When I run MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\mpm_mfc.exe and click Task->Update Wizard it says "The update wizard could not be found."
How do I update packages?
Edit:
The update wizard is
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What packages are no longer necessary after TeX Live 2015 kernel update?
I see from this question that fixltx2e is no longer needed. This means the LaTeX kernel now finally has a \textsubscript command. Formerly that was provided by fixltx2e and also by the subscript ...
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MikTex Crashes on Update
I've recently started writing a long academic paper and some other problems forced me to update MikTex to a current version. I ran the Updater (Admin) several times. Now I have two issues. The ...
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Updating l3kernel [duplicate]
How can I update my package l3kernel? I am presented with this error ! Package l3regex Error: Support package l3kernel too old. when I try to compile my document.
Thanks
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What happened to \luatextextdir?
As of today, the command \luatextextdir does no longer seem to work. I employ the command in order to be able to typeset Arabic. To that end I created the following commands:
\newcommand{\arabtext}[1]...
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Fresh install of MacTex on El Capitan, Tex Live version shown as 0
On a fresh install of El Capitan and MacTex, I'm getting this error message while the texlive utility is checking for updates:
The repository at http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/CTAN/systems/texlive
/tlnet/...
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Updating w32tex
Is there any way to update w32tex? I found that the question on updating TeX distribution has already been posted
How do I update my TeX distribution?, but there is no answer regarding w32tex.
Thank ...
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Error in Updating FNDB after last update [closed]
After updating packages this morning nothing works anymore (I am working under Windows 8). Particularly, compiling files with TeXWorks returns the message:
running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to ...
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Upgrade MacTex using tlmgr
A while ago I installed MacTex Basic via Homebrew Cask, which installed it in /usr/local/texlive/2014basic and also set a whole bunch of symlinks in /Library, ~/Library and /usr.
After not using TeX ...
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Rule of thumb for synchronizing/updating Tex distributions
Some companies will not update their tex distribution regularly.
What is a practical length of time to allow to pass before failing to resynchronize Tex Live or Miktex could reasonably become a ...
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TeXLive-2015: Updating packages on OS X Mavericks does not work with 'TeX Live Utility.app'
I recently installed the Full TeX Live 2015 Distribution (having used the 2014 distribution before).
Now when I want to update packages with the help of the TeX Live Utility.app, the following ...
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MiKTeX 2.9 missing dll?
Since yesterday's (22.6.2015) update, my MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows 8.1 64-bit repeatedly crashes with an error message that is something like: missing Qt5WinExtras.dll.
This file is not present either in ...
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MacTeX - TeX Live Utility broken after 2015 update
I have the following strange message.
The repository at ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
has TeX Live 2015, but you have TeX Live 18446744073709551615
installed. You need to ...
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\Fn ! Undefined control sequence
Under Ubuntu 15.04, I want to use algorithm2e to write pseudo code, when I copied an example from the documentation, TeXStudio displays error indicating that the command \Fn is undefined. I thought ...
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Do I risk breaking documents by updating my TeX distribution?
I ran into a feature missing because its package was out to date and started the MikTeX update utility for the first time after installing MikTeX in February. The updater found dozens of packages that ...
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TeX Live 2014 - How to update otfinfo
First, to give you an idea what I want to achieve: I would like to installing the Bembo Font Family via otfinst.py for pdflatex.
Why I don't use lualatex or xelatex is the missing support of some ...
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pgfpositionnodelater with nested \tikz environments (Issue with PGF 2.1 -> 3.0 upgrade)
I'm trying to use \pgfpositionnodelater to create and measure nodes before placing them. (Their size influences where they should be placed)
This works fine until I try to use \pgfpositionnode later ...
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How to provide a package bugfix if the package maintainer does not respond? [duplicate]
After a question here, a bugfix was developed for the tikz-timing package (subpackage advnodes).
I posted this question and also it's solution as an issue on the original code repo, but go no ...
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XePersian stopped working after texlive-bin updated
Today an update for the package "texlive-bin" was issued by Arch Repository, and I think it was after I installed that update that my XePersian package broke. Now, I get a weird error when I try to ...
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What do these numbers in the tlmgr update mean?
Whenever I update my TeXLive distribution by using tlmgr, I get in the output numbers such as these:
35545 -> 36463
What do they mean?
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Getting out of ‘user mode’ on Ubuntu to update vanilla TeX Live as root
On an Ubuntu 14.10 system, I have installed ‘vanilla’ TeX Live 2014 from the TeX Collection DVD. Though I am the sole user of the system, I had initialized a user tree after installing the ...
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Trouble updating pgfplots on Windows/MikTeX
I'm trying to update to a newer version of pgfplots, preferably v1.12. I'm currently using v1.7.
First, I opened Update (admin mode) with MikTeX and it didn't have any updates for pgfplots. Then I ...
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After MacTeX manual update how should I remove the old one?
MacTeX 2014 is installed on OS X. But how can I remove the old one? Or is it automatically overwritten?
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TeXLive Utility Not Updating multicol package [closed]
According to http://www.ctan.org/pkg/multicol, the latest multicol package is 1.8g 2014-08-24. After updating all packages via the TeXLive Utility:
I still only have the 2014/04/23 v1.8e version.
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MiKTeX package update: Select All grayed out
I installed MiKTeK 2.9.4321 in a locked down environment. I don't believe that we can directly download the entire thing from outside, and the aforementioned version is the one that we have on a CD, ...
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Un-official MacTeX repository
I have been using LiveTeX since 5 years ago. I have always used TeX Live utility to keep up-to-date my LaTeX distribution. Today I woke up with this question:
I want to know if there is an un-...
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How can the last updated packages get propagated earlier than the first updated packages
I often experience the following phenomenon. For example,
from texnik.dante.de/tex/generic I noticed that
pst-plot gets updated on August 24, 2014
pst-poly gets updated on August 28, 2014
and then ...
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