Questions tagged [miktex]
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Recovery on an ancient version of my TexStudio file
I am writing both my PhD manuscript and a scientific paper.
Instead of writing the latter in Overleaf, I chose to do it on my TexStudio. I made a huge mistake of copy/paste the template of the paper ...
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Unable to perform MikTex update to repair some items
When updating Miktex, I got the following message:
I tried to run update several times; but I keep getting this message that these items need to be repaired.
What can I do?
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Latex Doesn't Render Properly on Windows 10 But Does on Linux
I installed MikTex on Windows 10 (basic-miktex-2.9.6520-x64.exe) and ghostscript (gs922w64.exe), and I am using "latex2svg.py." I'm wanting to generate SVG files from Python. This is the ...
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how to add Chinese language support in miktex?
I am using 2.9.7 miktex (up to date) on windows 7.
I am trying to add Chinese language support shown as below although I cannot find where the options is. could someone please give a hint?
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Why does MikTex TeXworks fail to convert a latex document to .pdf?
I've created a basic Latex document based on an example I found online:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}
Field Name:&FIRST_FIELD
\end{tabular}
\...
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How to get rid of this message: 'allow MiKTeX Package Manager to make changes to this computer'
There is a popup for the MiKTeX package manager, which asks me about installing new package. But it is irritating, as it happens every time I compile? How to stop this.
I did the step: Refresh FNDB, ...
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Windows API Error 2 when installing MikTex (Win7)
I am trying to install MikTex 2.9.3927 on Windows 7 x64. Very early in the installation process, I get a MikTex setup wizard error saying: "Windows API Error 2: The system cannot find the file ...
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How am I getting a "Permission denied" error in TeXworks?
I compiled a .tex file in TeXworks for Windows 7 that had a graph in it, so I had to install the TikZ library for LateX.
Afterwards, all compilations are failing. The TeXworks console displays
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MiKTeX-Repo offline - how to build a custom repo?
I tried to download some additional packages for miktex, but it seems that the website has problems (it's running IIS...).
The miktex package manager can't connect to online-repo. I tried to reach the ...
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Windows API Error 2 when installing MikTex 2.9
I am trying to install MikTex 2.9.3927 on Windows 7 x64. Very early in the installation process, I get a MikTex setup wizard error saying:
"Windows API Error 2: The system cannot find the file ...
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Miktex: Wrong DVI mode driver option `dvips'
I'm using MikTeX 2.9 on Windows 7, and when I want to create my pdf file I get:
! Package hyperref Error: Wrong DVI mode driver option `dvips',
(hyperref) because pdfTeX or LuaTeX is ...
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Is dblatex in MikTeX broken, or am I doing something wrong?
I've been using MikTeX on Windows XP for years to generate PDFs from LaTeX. I'm not that keen on LaTeX, though, and want to switch to using DocBook. Getting a DocBook processor like Apache FOP set up ...
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Why is Latex so big?
On windows, MikTex comes in a DVD. It's several times bigger than a typical Linux distribution. This makes it impossible to carry Latex on a memory stick like I do with many other useful software.
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Miktex in Ubuntu 9.10 x86-64
do you know how to install the Miktex Distribution in (K)Ubuntu 9.10 x86-64?
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What are the differences between MikTeX and TeXLive?
Under Windows, what differences are visible to the user? If you are already familiar with one (MikTeX in my case), is it worth it to try out the other?
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