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I'm trying to download and save the listofsymbols.sty but MiKTeX doesn't seem to register it.
I have tried saving it into a selfmade folder called listofsymbols and as a zipfile (unzipped the same place), in the directory MiKTeX2.7/tex/latex.
Then I use the settings program and refresh but nothing seems to happen. When I open the folder again it doesn't show the listofsymbols.sty file until I press "compatability files". But all the original .sty files are shown.
I hope this makes sence and that somebody out there has a solution.
Lonnie
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- localghost
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The listofsymbols package is not part of the MiKTeX distribution hence doesn't appear in the package manager. It has to be installed manually.-Robin- wrote:The package manager saves all the packages at a location where LaTeX will look for packages. So I don't really see the problem ...
The bundle consists of a manual (DVI) and the package (STY) itself. Create the following folders (assuming that MiKTeX is installed in the standard program folder).La82 wrote:Because It doesn't look for it. I figured I needed to save it to my directory and then include it in MiKTeX.
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C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.7\doc\latex\listofsymbolsC:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.7\tex\latex\listofsymbols
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texhash
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Thanx for the advice I tried making the folders and saving the .dvi and the .sty and then refreshing both using commandopromt and MiKTeX settings but I still get the same error: File 'listofsymbols.sty' not found
Do you have any more ideas I can try?

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kpsewhich listofsymbols.sty
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When I write the above command in the commandprompt nothing happens!!!
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kpsewhich article.cls
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C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.7/tex/latex/base/article.cls
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