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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-miktex.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-miktex*.html index 17e7df91632..7ffb88aba90 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-miktex.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-miktex*.html @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ <head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label inst-miktex</title> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label inst-miktex*</title> </head><body> -<h3>Installing MiKTeX “known packages”</h3> -<p/>MiKTeX 2.1 (and later) maintains a database of packages it “knows about”, +<h3>Installation using MiKTeX package manager</h3> +<p/>Packages for use with MiKTeX are maintained very efficiently by the +project managers (new packages and updates on CTAN ordinarily +make their way to the MiKTeX package repository within a week). +Thus it makes sense for the MiKTeX user to take advantage of the +system rather than grinding through the steps of installation. +<p/>MiKTeX maintains a database of packages it “knows about”, together with (coded) installation instructions that enable it to -install the packages with minimal user intervention. +install the packages with minimal user intervention; you can update +the database over the internet. <p/>If MiKTeX does know about a package you need installed, it’s worth -using the system. -<p/>First, open the MiKTeX packages window: click on +using the system: +first, open the MiKTeX packages window: click on <code>Start</code>-> <code>Programs</code>-> <code>MiKTeX</code>-> @@ -28,14 +34,5 @@ mpm --install=<package> </blockquote><p> (which of course assumes you know the name by which MiKTeX refers to your package). -<p/>If MiKTeX <em>doesn’t</em> know about the package you’re interested -in, you have to use the <a href="FAQ-installthings.html">long-winded procedure</a> -outlined above. -<p/>If necessary, repeat to select other packages, and then press -“<code>OK</code>”; MiKTeX tells you how many packages you have -selected — if you’re happy, press “<code>OK</code>” again. -MiKTeX will go off, download the package (as a -<code>.cab</code> file), if necessary, install the files of the package, and then -refresh the filename database so that the files will be found. -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-miktex">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-miktex</a> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-miktex*">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-miktex*</a> </body> |