Re: downloading the MiKTeX package "symbol"

I removed the directory and started from scratch, placing all three files in C:\MiKTeX_LocalRepository. This time I did not unpack symbol.cab, but just left all three files as they were. But, when I run the package manager, I still get the same error message:

C:\MiKTeX_LocalRepository does not seem to be a local package repository.

I made sure that all three files were unblocked, but this did not help.

Thank you,

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Ulrike Fischer [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 03 August 2012 11:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] downloading the MiKTeX package "symbol"

Am Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:31:28 +0000 schrieb [email protected]:

> Dear Ulrike,
> 
> Thank you, but I tried this yesterday and today and still had trouble. Probably I'm making a very simple mistake, so I'll write down my procedure step by step:
> 1.) Put all three files into a new directory C:\Program Files\MiKTeX_LocalRepository. This is separate from C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9, where my other MiKTeX files are stored. I unpacked symbol.cab, but not the other two files as I've explained.

I wrote "You don't need to unpack anything." So why are you unpacking symbol.cab? 

Beside this: make sure that you have the two miktex-zz-databases for 2.9. (there are also database for 2.8, don't confuse them).

(Also I wouldn't use "Program Files" for this type of files but I don't think that it matters"


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