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My native language is Serbian and it is included in MiKTeX distribution for Windows. However, there is only latin version of it, and I'd like to use cyrillic Serbian. I tried searching the Internet about the issue and found this post.

These files are based on Russian language, and after inspecting them, I found that the translations are just fine. I copied the contents of the files to two files (serbianc.ldf and serbianc.sty) and placed these files in tex\generic\babel folder where other language files reside.

Next, I added the following line to babel.sty (among other language definitions):

\DeclareOption{serbianc}{\input{serbianc.ldf}}

When trying to use the language in TeX document, LaTeX fails at the following line:

\usepackage[serbianc]{babel}

with the following error:

! LaTeX Error: File `serbianc.ldf' not found.

I have also tried going to MiKTeX settings and refreshing file name database to no avail.

I'm rather new to TeX - it might be a big shot for me, but I do have a lot of programming skills and am eager to learn about it. The resources I found on the Internet are rather scarce and mainly Unix related.

What am I missing here? Any help is much appreciated.

Nikola Malešević
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    Did you run texhash (or whatever the MikTeX equivalent is)? – Caramdir Mar 04 '11 at 19:15
  • I guess this is equivalent to refreshing FNDB through GUI in MiKTeX. I did run it, nonetheless. Here's the output: Creating fndb for user root directory (C:\Users\Witchunter\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9)... Creating fndb for user root directory (C:\Users\Witchunter\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9)... Skipping common root directory (C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9)... Skipping common root directory ("V:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9")... – Nikola Malešević Mar 04 '11 at 19:31
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    Don't put local files in the main root (programdata\miktex ...), use a local root instead (see manual of miktex). But if you use the main root then you must update the FNDB in admin mode. – Ulrike Fischer Mar 04 '11 at 20:21
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    Thank you both, Ulrike's suggestion did the trick. Ulrike, feel free to post the answer, I'll accept it as the best. – Nikola Malešević Mar 04 '11 at 21:04
  • @Ulrike: Can your please post your comment as an answer? Thanks! – Hendrik Vogt Mar 05 '11 at 09:29

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Here as wanted the comment as answer:

Don't put local files in the main root (programdata\miktex ...), use a local root instead (see manual of miktex). But if you use the main root then you must update the FNDB in admin mode.

Ulrike Fischer
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