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So I am using the siunitx package and it is throwing up an error at me when I use it on my computer. I know that the error isn't in my code as it has run with no problems on another computer.

The error that it gives me is as follows:

("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\siunitx\siunitx.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\l3kernel\expl3.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\l3kernel\expl3-code.tex")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\l3kernel\l3pdfmode.def")
! Missing = inserted for \ifnum.
<to be read again> 
               -
l.283   }

?

I suspect that there is an error with how my computer is reading \l3kernel as this seems to be where it runs into the issue, however I have tried deleting and redownloading the file and it still throws up this same error.

mitiger
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    The computer on which siunitx does not work is probably using an outdated version of the LaTeX kernel together with a newer version of siunitx. Do an update. See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/422176/35864 – moewe Jun 28 '18 at 12:39
  • To verify that this is indeed a version issue, please post the first six or seven lines of your .log file (we will need to know the LaTeX2e version, I have LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5 for example) and your versions of the expl3 kernel, l3 modules and siunitx (normally this could be done by adding \listfiles to the top of your .tex file, but this needs the compilation to finish, so you need to force through the errors, not sure if that works here - otherwise you can find the versions in the .log file, the console output is not enough). – moewe Jun 28 '18 at 13:04
  • While I personally don't think that this is a great question I also do not think it should be downvoted immediately. It is a question by a new user and it would be nice to wait a bit before a downvote on a first question and to explain why the question was voted down. – moewe Jun 28 '18 at 13:07
  • @moewe thanks for your help, was as simple as not having all my packages updated as I have just updated them and now it runs. I can remove the question now if you guys would prefer? – mitiger Jun 28 '18 at 13:29
  • I voted to close as a duplicate of the question I linked. If you agree you can probably click some button somewhere. If you would rather delete your question you can also do that. Normally I would say that you should not delete your question since duplicates can help other people with their searches, but if you'd rather get rid of a question with negative score, you can also delete it. – moewe Jun 28 '18 at 13:39
  • I'll leave it up for now and more experienced users can deal with the question as they see fit (as you noted I am a new user). Once again thanks for your help :) – mitiger Jun 28 '18 at 13:47

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