miktex, ucs, uni-global.def and empty unicode directory

Question

I'm trying to compile a cv with LaTeX and the europecv class. Compilation fails because a file named uni-global.def is missing.

After a Google search, I found that file should be into the miktex/tex/latex/unicode/data directory. However, that directory contains a data and a contrib folders, both empty. What can I do to solve that error?

Below is the code i wrote.

\documentclass[helvetica,narrow,italian,logo,totpages,booktabs]{europecv}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,a4paper,tmargin=1.27cm,bmargin=2cm,lmargin=1cm,rmargin=1cm}
\usepackage{microtype}

\ecvname{Albert Einistein}
\ecvnationality{Dutch}
\ecvemail{albert.einstein@relativitytheory.de}
\ecvgender{Maschio}

\begin{document}

\begin{europecv}

\ecvpersonalinfo % prints the personal info, defined in the preamble

\end{europecv}

\end{document}

Heiko Oberdiek · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-08T13:50:05.387

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It is an error in MiKteX packaging of ucs. I have made a bug report. As workaround you could copy the files of CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ucs/data/ into the empty data directory (TDS:tex/latex/ucs/data/) and refresh the file name data base afterwards.

Update: The work around does not seem to work for the system distribution tree. But new TDS/texmf trees can be added using MiKTeX Options->Roots->Add. The files can be installed there (the directory structure tex/latex/ucs/ should be kept) and then refresh of the file name data base should work. After MiKTeX has fixed the problem by an update, the additional tree should then be removed.

edited Sep 08 '12 at 13:50

answered Sep 08 '12 at 10:23

Heiko Oberdiek

271,626

I copied the files into the tex/latex/ucs/data directory, then i went on "miktex options" and then onto the "general" tab. There i launched "Refresh FNDB" and the error persisted. Then i tried to reinstall and re-copy the data files but the error remained the same. Any idea? – Alfatau Sep 08 '12 at 13:38
@Alessandro: When you put files in the main tree of miktex you must refresh FNDB in admin mode. – Ulrike Fischer Sep 08 '12 at 13:49
@UlrikeFischer I've an administrator account; my OS is Win7Pro64. How to refresh FNDB in admin mode? Thank you in advance. – Alfatau Sep 08 '12 at 22:53
Docu for initexmf says initexmf --admin --update-fndb. – Heiko Oberdiek Sep 08 '12 at 22:59
BTW: Create a local texmf tree in MiKTeX. – Speravir Sep 09 '12 at 03:25
It worked! I created a local folder and inside two nested folders "tex/latex". Then I extracted there the ucs.zip package downloaded from CTAN. After refreshing FNDB all worked fine. Thank you all for your attention. – Alfatau Sep 09 '12 at 07:51
For those who are only now looking at this answer, this issue seems to have been since fixed. After an update of ucs via MikTeX, everything works fine. – sebastian-c Oct 22 '12 at 23:10

miktex, ucs, uni-global.def and empty unicode directory

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