MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Install packages manually

[michael79]

Hi,
i installed Miktex 2.8 on my PC.
Now i need to install the package ntcglass,
but my PC has no internet connection.
So the automatic installation does not work.

How can I install packages manually ?
(I have internet with another PC.)


Best,
michael

[localghost]

Get the MiKTeX Net Installer from the MiKTeX hompage [1]. Save it to an external drive (USB stick or hard drive). Start the installer and download the complete MiKTeX system to that external drive (perhaps in a sub-folder). Transfer the drive to the machine without internet connection and start the Net Installer again. This time select Installation and choose the location where you downloaded the packages as local package repository. If necessary, copy the MiKTeX system (as downloaded, thus including the sub-folder structure) to the hard drive of the other machine to a location of your choice and start the installation process (external drives may not be recognized correctly by the Installer).

This process works. I installed and maintain my MiKTeX system with the Installer this way (although I rarely use it).

[1] MiKTeX 2.8 Setup


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[michael79]

Thanks for this, but i always get a message like
"D:\Miktex 2.8 does not seem to be a local package repository",
no matter which directory I choose.

Which directory do I have to choose ?
Out of which files/directories consists a particular package ?

[michael79]

I can fully confirm that it works as localhost descriped it.

Thanks.