problem with qpxmath: qplri at Xpt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

Question

I face problems ~~while using Gyre~~ with MiKTeX.

The simple example is a template for a journal, downloadable at http://nlp.ipipan.waw.pl/ojs/public/jlm-latex.zip

Following the README file, I installed the packages tex-gyre, qtx and qpx. I have a problem with the simple example file, characters in math mode are not rendered.

Here is the ME:

\documentclass{article}
\RequirePackage{qpxmath}

\begin{document}
$x$
\end{document}

actually, the problem is not with the gyre font installation as I first thought, nor with tgpagella package, but with qpxmath package. qpxmath in in TeXLive in texlive-lang-polish, but it's quite hard to find for MiKTeX, I'm looking for it right now and I'll post a link here as soon as I find it.

In addition to Ulrike: I've just been told I have to write a minimal example, what is that?. — Speravir, Sep 27 '12 at 21:18
thanks, I edited my question, and provided an explanation how to simply reproduce the problem — Maxime Lefrançois, Sep 28 '12 at 08:52
@MaximeLefrançois There is no qplri.tfm file in the distribution. We need an example of LaTeX code that produces the error, not just the .log — egreg, Sep 28 '12 at 13:26
Yes, but not with MikTeX 2.9, I can't find that qpxmath package... — Maxime Lefrançois, Sep 28 '12 at 14:06
In my MiKteX installation it is included. You don’t have a full installation, do you? Go into the package manager and install the package qpx. See also How do I update my TeX distribution?. — Speravir, Sep 28 '12 at 16:18
Strange... I did install qpx (see the question), both as user and as admin.. Anyways, I installed TexLive and everything is fine now. — Maxime Lefrançois, Oct 01 '12 at 09:18
Speravir, I guess you're the closest to the answer, maybe you could post it as an anwer so I vote for it? — Maxime Lefrançois, Oct 01 '12 at 09:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

It seems, that you have a basic MiKTeX installation: Your MWE works for me with a full installation. Go into the Package Manager and install the package qpx. Note, that in the MiKTeX Settings in the General tab there is a setting for Package installation. If I remember correctly the default setting here for “Install missing packages on-the-fly" is “Ask me first”. You could set it to “Yes” and it will do installations without any asking. The compilation time would once be remarkable longer, of course.

Perhaps you also face some confusion concerning administrative and user mode, see Difference between administrative and user mode of MiKTeX.

problem with qpxmath: qplri at Xpt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

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