On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 at 18:18, Virgil Stokes <v...@it.uu.se> wrote: > A better question I hope :-P > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Installation of my own *.cls or *.sty file -- How? > Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:08:37 +0100 > From: Virgil Stokes <v...@it.uu.se> <v...@it.uu.se> > To: miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net> <miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > I recently submitted an email with subject: Installation of my own > Package -- How? > Before submitting this new email, I tried both suggestions by Paul > Thompson and George N. White III. Unfortunately, the links and suggestions > given were not applicable to my problem it seems. I also tried many other > approaches and none of these solved my problem. I now believe that I asked > the wrong question.:-[ > > Perhaps I need to go into more detail on my installation of MikTeX 2.9. > > Here is the complete path to my LaTeX packages: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX > 2.9\tex\latex > I would like to add the following *.cls file to my MikTeX 2.9 > installation: elsarticleC.cls > > I have attached an image of my miktex-console_admin because some of the > suggestions given just do not apply as you can see from the attached images. > I would appreciate a 2nd look by Paul and George. >
If you select the "Settings" panel and then the "Directories" tab, you should see a link "Which is the best directory to keep my .sty files?" This link shows you how to create the TDS structure for a LaTeX class. You need to do this is a location outside the MiKTeX package directories. > > Note, I had no problem with handling this with a previous (older) version > of MikTeX with a different console. > At one time it may have been possible to add a file to one of the MiKTeX directories, but it has always been recommended that user files go in a new TDS tree outside the MiKTeX directories. -- George N. White III _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
