MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Why is my directory not TDS-conformant ?

[juliette]

Hello,

There's a .bst file that I want to use that's not part of MikTeX,

so I put it in the folder C:\Users\myName\Desktop\Software Installations\latex\bst

and then went to MikTeX settings -> roots -> add

and clicked on that folder.

But I get the message "Not a TDS-conformant root directory" with no indication as to how it is "not conformant"

I have tried changing the path several times but have had no luck. Any ideas as to how to fix this ?

[juliette]

Sorry, in the directory path it is SoftwareInstallations , WITHOUT the space.

[frabjous]

Here is info on the TDS:
http://www.tug.org/tds/tds.html

You'd want to put a folder with bib files in [something]/bibtex/bin, not under latex.

[localghost]

Just for your information. You can edit recent posts to do corrections.

As far as I know MiKTeX has special paths that are recognized as valid local TDS trees. You may try to put local additions there.

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C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8

But I'm not familiar enough with the internals of the MiKTeX system to advice more. I think that the MiKTeX manual on its homepage has more details.


Best regards
Thorsten