Re: Error when using siunitx due to expl3 packages

Joseph Wright <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.miktex
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 12/07/2011 16:53, [email protected] wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I am using siunitx package in my document. When I compiled the document, I
> got an error message as below:
> 
> Package: siunitx 2011/07/09 v2.3a A comprehensive (SI) units package
> 
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !
> ! siunitx error: "support-outdated"
> !
> ! Support package expl3 too old.
> !
> ! See the siunitx documentation for further information.
> !
> ! For immediate help type H <return>.
> !...............................................
> 
> l.41   }
> 
> |'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> | Please install an up to date version of expl3.
> | Loading siunitx will abort!
> |...............................................
> 
> FYI, I know that expl3 is not exist anymore and I have just updated MikTeX
> before compiling. Is there anyway to make the siunitx works again?
> 

Yes: install l3kernel and l3packages (and remove the older expl3 and
xpackages). For some reason, MiKTeX is not picking up the change
automatically, so you have to do it by hand.
--
Joseph Wright

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