MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ any file with "\usepacke{<anything>}" will not work

[mattlorig]

A few days ago I updated from MikTeX 2.6 to 2.9 (specifically, I reinstalled windows on my machine and put MikTeX 2.9 on it).

Now whenever I try to build a file with

\usepackage{<anything>}

The files will not build. Rather, Texniccenter doesn't report any errors, but no DVI, PDF, or PS can be found in the appropriate file.

I told MikTeX to ask me to install missing packages, but it never asks me about it. So, I assume that it is missing the packages I use.

I downloaded the a4wide package manually (using the admin package manager) and tried to build a file with just

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\begin{document}
\end{document}

And that didn't work. Also, I can't find some packages that I use on the package manager, such as amsmath, amsthm, subfigure, graphicx, etc.

Any help you can provide would be GREATLY Appreciated.

[gmedina]

Hi,

what about if you include something to be actually typeset; i.e., something like this:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\begin{document}
Hi
\end{document}

By the way, I would suggest the geometry package instead of the a4wide package.

[mattlorig]

Hi,

what about if you include something to be actually typeset; i.e., something like this:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\begin{document}
Hi
\end{document}

By the way, I would suggest the geometry package instead of the a4wide package.

Thanks for the fast reply. No, your suggestion did not work.

I did try a file of the form

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
Hi
\end{document}

That worked. And, I have the amsmath package in my miktex 2.9 distribution (it must have come with it). But, even though I downloaded a4wide, I can't find it in nay miktex 2.9 directory.

[mattlorig]

Solved!

I had to change the MikTeX settings from
ask me before installing new packages --> install new packages automatically

Frankly, I am not sure why MikTeX didn't ask me to install new packages with the previous setting. Like I said, this all started when I changed from MikTeX 2.6 to 2.9. So, perhaps there is a bug in the 2.9 beta.