Text Formatting ⇒ custom .sty file

[vegeman123]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for some assistance, I currently have MikteX 2.8 installed on my computer and a friend of mine created a custom .sty file for me.

I then used WinEdt and saved the file as friendfile.sty in the directory C:\...Miktex2.8\tex\latex\friendfile\

I then refreshed my FNDB as the administrator and it still does not appear on my Miktex Package Manager as a package.

Could someone please assist me in getting this custom .sty file recognized by my Miktex Package Manager so that I could then use it by including it in WinEdt using \usepackage{friendfile}?

Thank you in advance for your help!

[frabjous]

See the MikTeX manual page on Integrating Local Additions; in particular the section on "Registering a User-Managed TEXMF Directory". Does this help?

[localghost]

[…] I then refreshed my FNDB as the administrator and it still does not appear on my Miktex Package Manager as a package. […]

You understood something wrong. This self-made package will not appear in the list of the package manager because it has no entry in the MiKTeX package database.

[…] Could someone please assist me in getting this custom .sty file recognized by my Miktex Package Manager so that I could then use it by including it in WinEdt using \usepackage{friendfile}? […]

It is not so important to make the package appear in the package list. The more important point is that it is found in the installation tree. Check that on the command line with the command shown below.

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kpsewhich friendfile.sty

If you obtain the full path to the package, it is recognized correctly and you can include it as usual in your document.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[vegeman123]

to frabjous,

thank you so much! It worked after doing what you recommended!