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After updating MikTeX today, I get the error 

graphics.sty - line 100 - File 'pdftex.def' not found

I've reduced the document to the following and still get the error.

\documentclass[10pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\end{document}

I've found the missing document here (as part of a bundle): pdftex.def. But I have no idea, where to put the pdftex.def file or what else I could do to resolve this error.

I work on Win 10, with MikTeX 2.9, TeXstudio 2.11.0.

Thanks for any help!

Buochserhorn
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2 Answers2

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I had the same issue, but with a TeXLive 2016 distribution. Perhaps a broken update. I installed graphics-def but it did not solve the problem. However, rebuilding all formats using tlmgr solved the problem. Hope it helps!

Karthik Raman
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  • This is unlikely to help a user of MikTeX. tlmgr is, after all, the TeX Live package manager, but isn't it? – cfr Sep 27 '16 at 03:08
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    True, but rebuilding formats / refreshing the filename database in MikTeX might help. That was my intention... – Karthik Raman Sep 30 '16 at 04:05
  • the question's keywords are graphics and pdftex NOT MikTeX and the error message occurs with TeXlive too, so IMHO this answer is appropriate here. – PatrickT Mar 18 '17 at 17:47
  • Also, does not help anyone running TeXLive on platforms other than Windows... – Alex Mar 10 '18 at 03:56
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Also had the same issue on Windows 7. For me the solution was to first synchronize the package database in MiKTeX:

run \MiKTeX 2.9\Maintenance (Admin)\Package Manager (Admin)

In the menu, go to Repository > Synchronize MiKTeX Package Manager (Admin) Menu

After that, update the packages using:

run \MiKTeX 2.9\Maintenance (Admin)\Update (Admin)

Get the packages from a remote repository (you might have to select a mirror) MiKTeX Update (Admin) Menu

In the next step, select all the packages and update them.

michadelic
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