MiKTeX and proTeXtDo sometimes fails to download packages in miktext forever?

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mamoun
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Do sometimes fails to download packages in miktext forever?

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Do sometimes fails to download packages in miktext forever ? then i need to deleted miktext and download again ?
because miktext not complete packages. * i download tex live = 6.76 GB ?

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Do sometimes fails to download packages in miktext forever?

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Hi Mamoun,

I use TeX Live and it works fine. It's developed and maintained and tested by many people, while MiKTeX is very good work of a single developer/maintainer.

Perhaps try TeX Live.

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