General ⇒ No file created when compiling tex file

[Flummi24]

Hey,

I am using a Cv.tex file for years now only updating it from time to time and adjusting it to the purpose I need it for.
Last time I worked on this file beginning of 2011.
Switching over to another computer and installing MixTek2.9 and the Texnic Centre, the file would compile but not create any new outout files. If I recalled the dvi or pdf file, it was the old one from 2011. Deleting the old files resulted in "Could not find file", when opening it with a viewer.

No idea what had changed 30min later but now I get error messages that usepackages couldn't be used. So I removed the usepackages that were not necessary trying to complie the file again.

Also tried another file that was created and sucessfully compiled on another computer also with MikTex and Texnic Centre installed, I get te same error messages.

I attached the latest error log.

Thanks for helping.
Anna

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Anna,

welcome to the board!

The log file shows this error message:

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! LaTeX Error: File `a4wide.sty' not found.

So remove the line \usepackage{a4wide} from your document. The package is obsolete. If you would like to customize the page margins, better use the geometry package instead.

Stefan

[Flummi24]

Thanks, changing the usepackage solves this problem.
But will create new ones.

I guess that several of my usepackages are obsolent.
This is also why I can compile the files on the old system but not on the new setup running on this computer.

These are the usepackages included in the file.
Which should I remove or substitude?

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\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{psfig}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{subfigure}

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{currvita}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[rflt]{floatflt}

Thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Simply remove the packages which you don't need. You should at least have a look at http://ctan.org/pkg/<packagename> to know what each package does. It's your document, you have the power to decide which package to use. Don't copy preamble parts without judging.

subfigure is obsolete, the successor is subfig. I guess you don't need psfig in a CV. Probably this applies to further packages as well. See also: Obsolete Packages and Document Classes.

Stefan