Re: No MP graphics after installation under MikTeX

[Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp>]

Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

>Friday, June 6, 2003 Sytse Knypstra wrote:
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>SK>> But I noticed the warning (not in the log-file):
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>>>SK> Unknown command "mpost"
>>>
>>>SK> Does this give a clue to what is wrong?
>>>
>>>Yes, you either don't have metapost installed or it's not in
>>>the path.
>>>      
>>>
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>SK> I found a file mpost.exe (only 4 kb) in
>SK> c:\texmf\miktex\bin. Is this 
>SK> sufficient evidence that metapost was installed?
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>Uhm. It should be.
>
>SK> Isn't metapost installed when installing MikTeX?
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>I think it's only installed in some cases (e.g. not with the
>"Small" package)
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>SK> This directory c:\texmf\miktex\bin is in the MS-DOS path.
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>SK> I still get the warning: Unknown command "mpost"
>
>Can you please try the following? Open an MS-DOS prompt, and
>(making sure you're not in c:\texmf\miktex\bin but in any other
>directory) please try to run
>
>mpost --version
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>and report what happens.
>
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Isn't metapost called with the command "mp" under MikTeX?
Matt