MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Problems with installing MikTeX

[localghost]

I've been trying to install MikTex 2.7 now for almost 3 days and it just won't work. [...] I've deleted and reinstalled MikTex several times, in versions 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7. It's always the same problem that the important .exe files are missing!

Such problems are very hard to comprehend because the failure is not reproducible for others. You could feed a search engine with the exact error message to find out if there are others outside this forum who solved the problem (and post the solution here in case you were successful).

If all your efforts come to nothing, just use another LaTeX-System. With TeX Live there is also a modern distribution². Its package manager is not as comfortable as the one of MikTeX but nevertheless easy to handle.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[kingcrunch]

Hi Thorsten,

thx for your reply.

Of course I've tried to "google" my error message, with no satisfying result. Keep in mind that it's a message when starting TeXnicCentre and setting the path to miktex/bin folder. The message (in German) is:

"In dem Verzeichnis Ihrer LaTex-Distribution konnte das Programm 'LaTex' nicht gefunden werden.
Geben Sie als Distributionsverzeichnis bitte das Verzeichnis an, das die ausführbaren Dateien enthält (tex.exe, latex.exe, etc.)"

Anyway, since I had all the other error messages reported in this thread, too, I thought maybe someone had this last one as well...
I'll try a little more, otherwise I'll just try out TeX Live, if you can recommend it.

Thanks anyway!

[localghost]

It could be helpful to know the OS you are using. I only run MiKTeX on Windows XP with no issues. On my notebook with pre-installed Vista I have a TeX Live 2008 distribution. But mostly I run Linux on both machines².

However, there must be a way to find out where the executables are located and check whether they are missing or not. Every file manager should be able to do that.

[kingcrunch]

I am using Windows XP.

I do have some of the executables in the miktex/bin folder, such as tex.exe, pdfetex.exe and so on.
As far as I know I need in particular the files latex.exe and pdflatex.exe to create pdf-files, right?

I found the command "initexmf --dump" in an other forum. After using this in MS DOS, at least the pdflatex.exe is created into the folder miktex/bin. Still the latex.exe file is missing.

However, there must be a way to find out where the executables are located and check whether they are missing or not. Every file manager should be able to do that

I could'nt find it anywhere on the computer either using Windows search.

Thanks for your help!!

[localghost]

Open the MiKTeX Settings via Start menu and build the format files subsequently.

[kingcrunch]

Open the MiKTeX Settings via Start menu and build the format files subsequently.

It worked!! I don't know why, because I had done this several times before and latex.exe was not built.

Here's what I did:

1. I opened the program 'mo.exe' from the miktex/bin folder, as I didn't have anything "installed" into start menu. But I guess this is the same thing as "settings" from start menu.

2. Under slide "Format" the key "latex" - description "latex2e" was NOT marked as excluded (which I thought it should be as the respective .exe file was not in the miktex/bin folder)

3. I excluded it by using the "change" button. Confirm with "OK".

4. Close and reopen mo.exe. Repeat the same, instead of excluding now include latex again.

5. Slide "General". Press "Refresh FNDB" and "Update Formats"

After these steps, the latex.exe file appeared in the miktex/bin folder. I was able to reference TeXnicCentre to this folder and finally created a PDF! Wow, that was easy!

Thanks again for the hint Thorsten, that somehow lead me here!

Brgds
Rainer

[kurara7]

I have problem like this
problem: c:\programfiles\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll does not exist
problem: c:\programfiles\MiKTeX209-core.dll does not exist
problem: c:\programfiles\MiKTeX209-packagemanager-PS.dll does not exist
problem: c:\programfiles\miktex\MiKTeX209-packagemanager.dll does not exist

Please help me, what can I do..

[frabjous]

You're more likely to provide more help if you provide more information. In what context are you getting these errors? During installation, or after installation, or some other times? Have you tried reinstalling?

[kurara7]

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Installation: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9
Loading package database...
starting package maintenance...
installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9"
package repository: "C:\Files\Installation Files\MiKTeX 2.9 Setup"
visiting repository "C:\Files\Installation Files\MiKTeX 2.9 Setup"...
repository type: local package repository
loading lightweight database...
lightweight database digest: 0efff8e42ebf7fe02fa7f3f570be0703
going to install 9146 file(s) (141 package(s))
problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\MiKTeX209-core.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\MiKTeX209-packagemanager-PS.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\MiKTeX209-packagemanager.dll does not exist
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until install succesfull..

I try this instruction:

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mpm.exe --register-components --verbose

and then I have this message ..

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C:\document and settings\axioo\application data\miktex\2.9\fontconfig\config\fonts.conf.in does not exist
C:\document and settings\axioo\application data\miktex\2.9/miktex/bin\miktex209 -core.dll does not exist
C:\document and settings\axioo\application data\miktex\2.9/miktex/bin\miktex209 -core-ps.dll does not exist
C:\document and settings\axioo\application data\miktex\2.9/miktex/bin\miktex209 -packagemanager.dll does not exist
C:\document and settings\axioo\application data\miktex\2.9/miktex/bin\miktex209 -packagemanager-ps.dll does not exist

I also try to uninstall, and then install again but the same result..

please help me...thanks

[rnvl]

Hello All,

I have experienced the same problem as kurara7 while installing MiKTex from a protex setup.exe namely the message as follows is shown:

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problem: C:\Archivos de programa\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Archivos de programa\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Archivos de programa\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-packagemanager-PS.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Archivos de programa\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-packagemanager.dll does not exist

I have been struggling with this problem for several days now but without finding any working solution to it in the different forums.

I would much appreciate it if you can help with this!

Thank you!