Re: installing package automatically each time I compile

Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.miktex
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am Thu, 1 Sep 2011 20:41:31 -0700 schrieb Nicolae Garleanu:

> Hello all,

> I wonder what I did wrong that causes miktex to start the package
> manager to install some packages (e.g., ifxextex) on the fly
> *every time* I run pdflatex.  Luckily disabling the install on
> the fly option solved the problem, but there is surely a better
> way. Any thoughts are welcome.

This can happen when the local package database gets out of sync.

Synchronize the repository (package manager, menu repositories). If
you have a multiuser installation: do it in user + admin mode. Also
update the FNDB also in user + admin mode. 


-- 
Ulrike Fischer 


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