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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label miktexinst</title>
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<h3>Installing MikTeX "known packages"</h3>
<p>MikTeX 2.1 (and later) maintains a database of packages it "knows about",
together with (coded) installation instructions that enable it to
install the packages with minimal user intervention.
<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
<code>Start</code>->
<code>Programs</code>->
<code>MikTeX</code>->
<code>MikTeX Options</code>, and select the
<code>Packages</code> tab.
<p>On the tab, there is an Explorer-style display of packages.
Right-click on the root of the tree, "<code>MikTeX Packages</code>",
and select "<code>Search</code>": enter the name of the package you're
interested in, and press the "<code>Search</code>" button. If
MikTeX knows about your package, it will open up the tree to show
you a tick box for your package: check that box.
<p>If MikTeX <em>doesn't</em> know about the package you're interested
in, you have to use the <a href="FAQ-instpackages.html">long-winded procedure</a>
outlined elsewhere in this FAQ.
<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=miktexinst">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=miktexinst</a>
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