Re: Update failures

OK, that does uninstall the package. But it just re-installs what is here, without forcing a re-download of the MikTeX package component. How do I force a re-update from the repository? The update process does not allow unnecessary updates to be performed.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ignasi [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:51 AM
To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Update failures

On Wed, 02 May 2012 16:11:57 +0200, Thompson,Paul  
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to get biblatex, biber, tex4ht, and MikTeX 2.9 to play  
> nicely. There is some issue with synchronization of components. So, I  
> decided to update packages, hoping that this would fix the issue.
>
>
> 1)      Regardless of what I update, I get to the first package, and get  
> a Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect. At that point, the  
> update terminates, and does not finish.
>
> 2)      I would like to force MikTeX to re-download biblatex to ensure  
> that my version is current and properly installed. How do we force the  
> re-install of a package that is not needing an update?
>

You can use package manager to uninstall and reinstall the package.

Ignasi

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