[Tex/LaTex] Error: File ‘pdfpages.sty’ not found

miktexpackagespdfpages

I'm trying to compile simple thesis example using TexMaker with MiKTeX 2.9. I need pdfpages package in order to include pdf as the title page. Without the following line the code compiles fine:

\usepackage{pdfpages}

With this line, every time I try to compile I get the following window:

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I tried many different repositories, but it always ends up with 

Error: File 'pdfpages.sty' not found. ...

So I decided to install it manually, downloaded this package: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages

I've uncompressed the package in the following directory: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\pdfpages and then I run these commands from that directory:

> latex pdfpages.ins
> latex pdfpages.dtx

After that, more files were created in that directory (including pdfpages.sty).
But TexMaker still can't detect those files. Still shows me the "Package Installation window".

Minimum example code:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{article}
\usepackage{theorem}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\includepdf{title_page.pdf}
\begin{document}
test
\end{document}

I really couldn't find any solution to this problem in Google nor in StackExchange database. How to get it working?

Best Answer

You must update the FNDB (in admin mode) if you put files in this location. I can't say why installation doesn't work, but instead of manual installation I suggest to first try to set up a local repository: Windows 7: problem with TeXnicCenter, MiKTeX2.9