Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ caption package error: figurewithin

[tdc]

hi there,

I've recently had to move over to a linux based OS and I'm using Kile to edit tex files.

I think i have all the packages installed, but the following bit of code throws up an error...

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\usepackage{caption}
	\captionsetup{
		figurewithin=chapter,
%  		tablewithin=chapter
  						 }

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[PDFLaTeX] Main.tex => Main.pdf (pdflatex)
[PDFLaTeX] finished with exit status 1
./Main.tex:17:Package caption Error: figurewithin undefined. }
[PDFLaTeX] 1 error, 0 warnings, 0 badboxes

Thanks for any help

Tim

[gmedina]

Hi,

make sure that you are using a recent version of the caption package, preferably, version 3.1j

[tdc]

how do i check the package version?

Cheers,

Tim

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Tim,

have a look at the log file (Main.log), it contains error messages, warnings and information. There you can find a line like

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Package: caption 2008/08/24 v3.1j Customizing captions

if it's v3.1j or similar, containing the version number.

Stefan

[tdc]

cheers, it's version 3.0

is there a quick way of updating all the packages to the most recent version. (i'm running gOS 3.1 if thats relevant (which is a modified ubuntu hardy heron if i remember correctly ) )

Cheers, Tim

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Tim,

if you're only using the system's tools, like apt-get, Synaptic etc. then you have to depend on its repositories. At the moment Ubuntu provides TeX Live 2007.

I'm using Ubuntu Linux too, and when I wanted to update the TeX Live packages, I've chosen the MiKTeX package manager at first. After its installation it's been working very well. I've used this combination MiKTeX/TeX Live/Ubuntu for a long time without problems.

Later after installation of a newer version of Ubuntu Linux I decided to install TeX Live 2008 on Ubuntu using equivs instead of the version 2007. While I'm still usig TL2008 on my netbook with Eeebuntu I've recently installed the TeX Live 2009 test version on my other Ubuntu 9.04 system.

I've included some links in this posting to where I had made some notes concerning those subjects, perhaps some of the information or links there could be useful for you.

Stefan