Using MiKTeX 2.9 package manager (mpm.exe
) I try to install savesym.sty
. It is listed in the mpm window, I can right click it and choose 'Install'. But when mpm tries to install it aborts with a "not found" error:
package repository: http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/ lightweight database digest: b412617853dd68b9a7087203775787c7 going to download 1311 bytes going to install 2 file(s) (1 package(s)) downloading http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/savesym.cab...
And then a dialog pops up simply saying
Error response from server: 404
Following that link to the repository, the file does indeed not seem to exist. So how can I solve this problem?
And it is not an administrator rights problem. I can install and use other packages using mpm.
Best Answer
Looking into http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/ I see there is
savesym
archived assavesym.tar.lzma
, but according to your log file the (older) CAB version was requested. For the reason I can only guess, that this mirror was not up to date some days ago (it is now).So some general hints:
You can check whether your selected mirror is (officially) up to date on MiKTeX Package Repositories.
On each update a file
mpm.ini
is updated first. This can also be found in archivemiktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma
on each mirror. Forsavesym
you can among other entries read there:So, if you’d get this error message again, you could check, if there would be a inconsistency.