MiKTeX and proTeXtMikTeX Configuration issue

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yogshog
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MikTeX Configuration issue

Post by yogshog »

Hi.

The college at which I work has roaming profiles of limited size for Faculty & students, and the Faculty have office machines onto which we can install software that we need. I have MikTeX installed on my office machine. I have it configured so that when MikTeX needs a package, it automatically downloads it. I assumed it would download it somewhere in C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.9, where I have MikTeX installed. Instead it puts it in "Application Data" which, unfortunately, automatically gets thrown into my profile. The one with limited space.

I can't find the settings in MikTeX's configuration about were to put downloaded packages. Is that configurable? Or is my only option a complete install? If so, is there a way to do that from the installer after you've already done a limited install?

Thanks,

Jon

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Montag
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MikTeX Configuration issue

Post by Montag »

yogshog wrote:Instead it puts it in "Application Data" which, unfortunately, automatically gets thrown into my profile. The one with limited space.
If that folder is located on the machine's OS partition, say

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C:\Users\userABC\AppData\Roaming\etc...\etc...
, this folder is your local TeXMF. AFAIK, one has to have it.

I can't answer the other questions.
OS: Win 7 64-bit LaTeX: MikTeX 2.9 64-bit Editor: TXC 1 RC1
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