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How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

I'm trying to install a custom-made package from Heiko Oberdiek's answer here, which I saved as amssizes.sty. I put it in C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\misc as necessary, and went to MiKTeX's "Settings (Admin)" application and proceeded to Refresh FNDB and Update Formats. However, I then go into the "Package Manager (Admin)" application, and I still can't find amssizes.

As far as I know, I've proceeded with all the correct steps, and I've tried all sorts of different combinations (without Update Formats, with/without (Admin), etc.). If it helps, I also have Install missing files on-the-fly denoted with Yes and C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9 is indeed in the root directory. I appreciate any help!

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  • You shouldn't put your own packages in that directory- instead use C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\tex\latex – cmhughes Sep 11 '12 at 22:09
  • Ah, so manually installing packages requires using a custom root directory rather than the default? I'll try that in an hour or two and see what happens; unfortunately, I'm busy at the moment. – Dustin Tran Sep 11 '12 at 22:13
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    related/relevant: how-can-i-manually-install-a-package-on-miktex-windows – cmhughes Sep 11 '12 at 22:15
  • Yea, that was the main guide, along with MiKTeX's documentation, that I followed. It seemed to omit the "make your own root directory" detail. – Dustin Tran Sep 11 '12 at 22:37
  • Okay, so I added the root directory you recommended (C:\...\Documents), put the *.sty file into subdirectory \tex\latex\misc, refreshed MiKTeX, and it still doesn't appear. Not sure what I haven't done so far. – Dustin Tran Sep 11 '12 at 22:42
  • I'm in the main chat room, feel free to join; back and forth discussions via comments is discouraged by moderators – cmhughes Sep 11 '12 at 22:45
  • @cmhughes: Sorry I didn't get into the chat room in time; I was in the middle of a lecture so I didn't see your message until now. I apologize for the back-and-forth conversation; hopefully they'll make an exception! @ Kurt: It's installed as administrator, and I've been using all the (Admin) applications. I also changed their properties to always allow administrator access specifically. If I can't solve it sometime by today, I'll try re-installing MiKTeX and see what I can do from there. – Dustin Tran Sep 11 '12 at 23:57
  • See also Create a local texmf tree in MiKTeX (and Purpose of local texmf trees). – Speravir Sep 12 '12 at 00:17
  • Why do people always believe that one should at best always do everything as administrator? You want a user to find the file. So at first try to get it to work for this user: Create in this user account a local texmf tree in a place where this user has writing rights, move your file to path/to/root/tex/latex/misc, register the root in user mode (e.g. initexmf --register-root path\to\root) and check with kpsewhich amssizes.sty if it is found. You can later try to find out, how to install a file in admin mode for all users. – Ulrike Fischer Sep 12 '12 at 07:44
  • Duplicate of: How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows) – Amar Sep 27 '16 at 19:01

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