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I am trying to add packages that are not within the MikTex repository to use in TexStudio. Particularly, I am trying to obtain the mtp2lite package from CTAN.

I have created a custom root directory for packages that are not in MikTeX repository with the path C:\Users\mihail\myextrapackages\tex\latex.

In the MikTex console, I went under Directories -> Root -> add -> then selected the path : C:\Users\mihail\myextrapackages. I have then performed

  • a MikTex update,
  • a Refresh file name database
  • a Refresh font map files
  • restarted MikTex and restarted TexStudio.

Now when I go into TexStudio and add the line \usepackage[lite]{mtpro2} I receive the message

Sorry, but miktex-makemf did not succeed. The log file hopefully contains the information to get 
MiKTeX going again: C:\Users\mihail\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9\miktex\log\miktex-makemf

.log


Couldn't open `mt2e.cfg' hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.8.4)

The log file contains

2021-02-01 16:19:53,708-0500 INFO  miktex-maketfm - this process (13808) started by 'pdflatex' with 
command line: miktex-maketfm --verbose mt2exa
2021-02-01 16:19:53,799-0500 INFO  maketfm - Running miktex-makemf.exe...
2021-02-01 16:19:53,799-0500 INFO  maketfm - running: miktex-makemf.exe --miktex-enable-installer -- 
miktex-disable-maintenance --miktex-disable-diagnose --verbose mt2exa
2021-02-01 16:19:53,848-0500 INFO  miktex-maketfm.core - start process: miktex-makemf.exe --miktex- 
enable-installer --miktex-disable-maintenance --miktex-disable-diagnose --verbose mt2exa
2021-02-01 16:19:54,326-0500 INFO  maketfm - Running miktex-hbf2gf.exe...
2021-02-01 16:19:54,326-0500 INFO  maketfm - running: miktex-hbf2gf.exe --miktex-enable-installer -- 
miktex-disable-maintenance --miktex-disable-diagnose -g mt2exa 300
2021-02-01 16:19:54,331-0500 INFO  miktex-maketfm.core - start process: miktex-hbf2gf.exe --miktex- 
enable-installer --miktex-disable-maintenance --miktex-disable-diagnose -g mt2exa 300
2021-02-01 16:19:54,760-0500 FATAL miktex-maketfm - No creation rule for font mt2exa.
2021-02-01 16:19:54,760-0500 FATAL miktex-maketfm - No creation rule for font mt2exa.
2021-02-01 16:19:54,760-0500 FATAL miktex-maketfm - Info: 
2021-02-01 16:19:54,760-0500 FATAL miktex-maketfm - Source: 
2021-02-01 16:19:54,760-0500 FATAL miktex-maketfm - Line: 0

Anyone have any idea what is going on and how this is fixable ?

Bernard
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  • Do you have, in your personal directory, a directory C:\Users\mihail\myextrapackages\miktex\config containing a personal updmapcfg with this line: Map mtpro2.map? – Bernard Feb 01 '21 at 22:10
  • @Bernard thank your for the consideration. My myextrapackages directory contains only tex\latex\mtp2lite folder tree. I have manually created this directory by following the guidelines outlined in https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2063/how-can-i-manually-install-a-package-on-miktex-windows. – hexaquark Feb 01 '21 at 22:37
  • To have fonts installed in your personal TeXMF directory found by the compiler of dvips, you need a personal updmap.cfg before refreshing the font map files. Presently, tthe system is trying to play withmetafont,, and of course it can't since there's no .mf file. – Bernard Feb 01 '21 at 22:45
  • @Bernard This is valuable information, I appreciate it. I have created the file updmap.cfg containing only the line Map mtpro2.map and disabled the "hide extensions for known file types" in Windows such that this file is indeed a ".cfg" extension file. I have made the directories myextrapackages\miktex\config and placed the file within. I have then ran refresh font map files command in Miktex, but now the same problem still persists. Do you know perhaps which step I did wrong ? – hexaquark Feb 01 '21 at 23:06
  • Maybe you didn't refresh the filename database first? (both as administrator and as user). This would mean your updmap.cfg can't be read. – Bernard Feb 01 '21 at 23:12
  • @Bernard Unfortunately these 2 actions did not solve the problem. – hexaquark Feb 01 '21 at 23:24
  • The only way I can see would be to use the command line (preferably from the directory containing you personal updmap.cfg) at to launch the command initexmf --mkmaps --verbose. Also, after this check whether the font is mentioned in dvips.map & similar files – Bernard Feb 01 '21 at 23:26
  • The first command did not fix the problem. Also, my C/Users/mihail/AppData/Local/Programs/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/map/dvips/ , C/Users/mihail/AppData/Local/Programs/MiKTeX 2.9/fontname/ directories do not contain the file mtpro2.map. In fact, locate "*mtpro2.map" indicates this file is nowhere on my machine. The dvips.map file also does not exist. – hexaquark Feb 01 '21 at 23:51
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – Bernard Feb 02 '21 at 00:00

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