Re: an update problem

Am Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:41:19 +0200 schrieb Gyorgy Szeidl:

> Dear MiKTeX users:
> 
> I have been using MiKTeX 2.9 in a Windows 7
> environment (32 bit version) since last October.
> 
> I installed it in the following way:
> 
> 1. I have downloaded the full MiKTeX 2.9 package
>      into a directory (E:\Archive\MiKTeX290) by running
>      setup-2.9.3959.exe.
> 
> 2, After successfully downloading it I run setup-2.9.3959.exe
>     again to install MikTeX 2.9  from the directory E:\Archive\MiKTeX290.
> 
>    The installation directory is C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9
> 
> Needless to say that I regularly update my installation in the same
> way, i.e. ,
> 
> 1.  I download the full MiKTeX again into the directory
>       E:\Archive\MiKTeX290 (the new files are downloaded only)
>      and then
> 
> 2. I run the Update program (of course as an administrator).

In this case it is probably not relevant, but: doing something as
the admin is *not* always the best choice. Don't forget that an
admin can only set defaults or install default packages, a user can
overwrite such defaults with his own configuration and his own local
packages. 

>      Everything was OK till this morning.
> 
> 3. This morning however (after I  successfully downloaded the
>     new packages) the update program prompted (after a time)
>     the following  error message:
> 
>     No such file or directory: E:\Archive\MiKTeX290\pr.ini
> 
>    What have I done wrong?

Try to update on the command line 

mpm --admin --update

Does this work?


-- 
Ulrike Fischer 


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