Chapter 4. Maintenance

Table of Contents

Refreshing the File Name Database
Setting the Preferred Paper Format
Installing Updates
Automatic Package Installation
Integrating Local Additions

Refreshing the File Name Database

To speed up file search, MiKTeX makes use of a list of known file names. This list is called the file name database (FNDB).

It is necessary that you refresh the file name database whenever you manually install TeX/LaTeX-related files in a user-managed TEXMF directory.

You can update the file name database with the help of MiKTeX Console. If you prefer the command-line, you can use One MiKTeX Utility (see miktex(1)).