Re: trying to get revtex4.1 added to miktex

Thanks, Jerzy,  it worked!I can now use tex files that are not inside the Miktex program file folder.  The example tex files I downloaded from the the journal website came in their own mini-environment with a small set of other folders and files.  If I copy a single tex file over to some other folder somewhere else and try to use that, it still does not work, so I think it needs some files in the mini-environment, which I will try to figure out.  But at this point I can use Miktex with Revtex4.1.  I mean, once I learn how to use latex at all.
Thanks, Dave      



 
      From: Jerzy Wrobel <[email protected]>
 To: david goodmanson <[email protected]>; A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. <[email protected]> 
 Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:28 AM
 Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] trying to get revtex4.1 added to miktex
   
Dave,
Miktex package revtex4 contains older 4-0 version, however,
Miktex package revtex is actually the current revtex4-1,
so just install the later one via Package Manager.
Jerzy

> Hello,
> I am totally new to Latex and Miktex.  I downloaded Miktex ok, but I have
> to add Revtex4.1 in order to submit an article to a journal.  There is a
> 'revtex4' option in the package manager but I have not tried that because
> I am not sure if it is actually  version 4 or 4.1, and if it was 4, would
> I be able to get it out of there later?.  So I downloaded 4.1 and managed
> to unzip it (which was a struggle) into a folder under Miktex2.9 that I
> called 'revtex41'.  If I run the sample tex file that is several folders
> down in the revtex41 folder, it works.  But if I copy that tex file
> somewhere else (such as the desktop) and try to run it from there, it
> complains about not having Revtex 4.1, in the following way:
>
>
>
> So I tried adding my revtex41 folder to the path.    Not that I am sure
> that doing that would fix the problem, but it was worth a try.  I used the
> instructions that came along in the zip file:[1] In Miktex options go to
> the 'root' tab and add a path to the new folder, which I did.  Then I hit
> 'apply' as well. [2] Go to the 'general' tab and hit 'refresh FNDB' which
> I did.But Miktex will not store that change.  When I go out of Miktex
> options and back in, that path is not there.
>
> I tried doing the install in the box shown above.  That didn't work
> either.I would like to be able to put a tex file anywhere I want and have
> it run.  Any suggestions for what I am doing wrong?
> Thanks, Davewindows 10, 64 bit Miktex. 
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