General ⇒ Saving packages

[La82]

Hi,

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

[-Robin-]

Why don't you install the package by using the MikTeX package manager ?

[La82]

Because It doesn't look for it. I figured I needed to save it to my directory and then include it in MiKTeX.

[-Robin-]

The package manager saves all the packages at a location where LaTeX will look for packages. So I don't really see the problem ...

[localghost]

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 listofsymbols package is not part of the MiKTeX distribution hence doesn't appear in the package manager. It has to be installed manually.

Because It doesn't look for it. I figured I needed to save it to my directory and then include it in MiKTeX.

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).

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C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.7\doc\latex\listofsymbols
C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.7\tex\latex\listofsymbols

The first one is for the manual (DVI) and the second one for the package (STY). Copy the files to the according folder. Open a command prompt and refresh the file name database.

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texhash

The refreshment can also be done via MiKTeX settings (Start menu).


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[La82]

Hi Thorsten,

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?

[localghost]

After this process the package should be found in the TDS tree. You can check that on the command prompt.

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kpsewhich listofsymbols.sty

This should give the complete path including file name as output.

[La82]

Hi again,

When I write the above command in the commandprompt nothing happens!!!

Lonnie

[localghost]

Try to find another package (or class) in this way that is safely found on your system.

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kpsewhich article.cls

Report the according output in your next post.

[La82]

The above command gives me the entire string:
C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.7/tex/latex/base/article.cls

Lonnie