I just downloaded and installed MikTex and TexMaker today, and was wondering if you have any advice. I'm starting to read through various wikipedia tutorials, and other guides, but videos would be an immense help!
[Tex/LaTex] Are there any good video tutorials for protex
miktextexmakertutorials
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I have seen problems like this before. They could be related to:
1) As @Sigur suggested, this could be due to bad configuration.
1.1) I once saw this behavior when the TeXnicCenter distribution was saved in "Programas" (in spanish) instead of "Program files". Maybe if you reinstall it where it is supposed to go you won't have more problems.
1.2) As @Speravir mentioned, you can always change this manually. Go to Build/Define Output profiles in the main menu bar. Select "LaTeX-->pdf" on the left section of the window. On the "(La)TeX" tab make sure the "Path to the (La)TeX compiler" is actually where the pdflatex.exe file is located. If using Windows it should look something like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe. Of course, it is dependent on where the file is located in your computer. Make sure you are also pointing to the right bibtex.exe file in the bibtex section, as well as the makeindex.exe
2)You are using Adobe Reader X or XI and you have to change your viewer settings: For this, go to Build/Define Output profiles in the main menu bar. Select "LaTeX-->pdf" on the left section of the window. Once there, go to the "Viewer" tab and make sure the "server" says acroviewR10 (if using Adobe Reader X) for all of the entries: View Project's output, forward search and close document before running (La)TeX. Also, as in point 1), make sure the executable path is where the reader.exe is located. Once again, if using Windows, it should look something like this C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe. For more on this please visit here https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/74607/27833
I've had the same problem. I've found two ways to make it work:
Solution 1. Add miktex portable to the environment variable PATH.
Even if you don't have administrative privileges on the machine, you can usually set the variable just for your account. I wouldn't use it while keeping miktex on a USB drive but if you copied it onto the disk it should be alright.
- Go the folder with miktex and find the subfolder
miktex\bin. Copy its full path (C:\...\miktex\bin). - Go to the Start menu, type variable, select Edit environment variables for your account.
- On the upper list find
PATHand double-click it. Add a semicolon (;) at the end of the text in the box and after that paste the previously copied path. Close everything with OKs. If you relaunch TexMaker, it should work now. Sometimes you need to log out of your Windows account and log back in, or restart your computer, before it works.
Solution 2. Launch TexMaker from within Miktex.
This solution has the benefit of not changing anything in the computer settings but it's not permanent - you need to do this every time you start TexMaker.
- Launch Miktex portable - double click the
miktex-portablefile. - An icon appered in the system tray, next to the clock. Right-click it and select Command Prompt.
- Navigate to the folder with TexMaker using
cdcommand (e.g. by typingcd C:\...\texmakerwin32usb, wherever you put it). Launch TexMaker by typingtexmaker. It should be able to compile tex files now.
Best Answer
If you're new to LaTeX, here's a 12-video playlist on YouTube that might be of use to you:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDD406480D35CE390