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I get the following error whenever I try to use the option "skip" in package parskip:

! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `skip=10ptplus1pt' for package `parskip'.See the LaTeX manual 
or LaTeX Companion for explanation.Type H <return> for immediate help....

! LaTeX Error: Unknown option indent=40pt' for packageparskip'.See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.Type H <return> for immediate help....

Here's a minimal example, taken from the Overleaf website, where it works fine (in their LaTeX engine):

\documentclass{article}
% Choose a conveniently small page size
\usepackage[paperheight=18cm,paperwidth=14cm,textwidth=12cm]{geometry}
% Load blindtext package for dummy text
\usepackage{blindtext}
% Load the parskip package with skip and indent options
\usepackage[skip=10pt plus1pt, indent=40pt]{parskip}
\begin{document}

\blindtext[1]\par % Use \par to force a new paragraph
\blindtext[1]


The value of \verb|\parindent| was set via the \texttt{indent} option, so it is now \texttt{\the\parindent}. The other values are:


\begin{itemize}
\item \verb|\baselineskip| is \texttt{\the\baselineskip}
\item \verb|\parskip| was set via the \texttt{skip} option, so its value is \texttt{\the\parskip}
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

If I just use the package without options, like \usepackage[]{parskip}, I get no errors.

Note that I'm using TexMaker as a LaTeX editor. I haven't really fiddled with environment variables and so on so I don't think I've changed anything important. Is there some other package that somehow breaks parskip (the package)?

Is there an alternative to \package{parskip}? I just want to shrink the space between paragraphs in my document.

cgnieder
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    you have not shown a log but presumably you have a old version of the package – David Carlisle Apr 01 '22 at 11:43
  • Thanks. I'll try that. The high-level interface of TexMaker (which seems to be itself based on MikTex, another interface) doesn't make it easy. – Stassa Patsantzis Apr 01 '22 at 13:26
  • texmaker isn't involved that's just the editor, you will be using mikex or texlive tex distribution. You should be able to update the package in miktex in the miktex console. – David Carlisle Apr 01 '22 at 13:28
  • Thanks. I did that, via the miktex console... and now I have different errors. I call that progress, so I'll keep trying to get new errors and see where that gets me. – Stassa Patsantzis Apr 01 '22 at 14:55

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