- dvipdfmx 20240511
- luatex 1.18.2
- metapost 2.11
- dvipdfmx 20240407
- luatex 1.18.1
- 1473: l3sys-query
- asymptote 2.88
- dvipdfmx 20240305
- dvisvgm 3.2.2
- luatex 1.18.0
- metapost 2.10
- pdftex 1.40.26
- texworks 0.6.9
- xetex 0.999996
- 1414: CVE-2022-25634 in Qt library
- 1429: Problems regarding execution through luatex (faulty 1.17.1 ?) -- impossible to set version number ?
- bibtex-x 4.02
- dvipdfmx 20231124
- luatex 1.17.1
- tex4ht 2023-10-13-15:32
- upmendex 1.08
- asymptote 2.86
- autosp 2023-10-07
- hitex 2.0
- dvisvgm 3.1.1
- texworks 0.6.8
- 1364: User-only installation cannot check for updates during installation
- 1354: default pdfversion of pdflatex and miktex-epstopdf differ
- bibtex-x 4.01
- upmendex 1.06
- 1333: eptex missing \suppress... primitives
- 1352: Lua io.popen() doesn't work with :write and :close
- dvipdfmx 20230429
- luatex 1.17.0
- dvips 2023.1
- dvisvgm 3.0.4
- luatex 1.16.1
- pmxab 3.00
- pdftex 1.40.25
- xetex 0.999995
- 1287: texlua os.spawn does not wait
- 1305: tftopl and MikTeX : information for characters shifted by one?
- 1309: package-set option fails with MiKTeX 22.10 Basic executable
- 1317: On Linux several executables are installed as a copy of /usr/bin/miktex instead of a symlink
- luatex 1.16.0
- 1172: Change link target directory does not work in versions 22.8 and 22.8.28 in Monterey 12.4
- 1214: Maybe wrong translation?
- 1246: installation log is printed in the stdout of kpsewhich
MiKTeX now prefers the Ghostscript executable which is installed on the system. The bundled MiKTeX Ghostscript executable is only used as a fallback, if Ghostscript is not installed.
- chktex 1.7.8
- lacheck 1.30
- bibsort 2.5
- bibtex-x 4.00
- m-tx 0.63a
- ptex 4.1.0
- upmendex 1.05
- 1183: MiKTeX 22.8.28 Portable is missing pdflatex
- 1188: "pdflatex.exe" missing from "Windows net installer 64"
- 1111: Support for Debian 11/Ubuntu 22.04
- 1122: Fedora 36 Support
- 1149: miktex ( on linux ) vs sagetex
- 1151: Internal error when running "miktexsetup_standalone.exe --version"
- asymptote 2.81
- luatex 1.15.1
- metapost 2.02
Windows 7 is now deprecated.
- dvipdfmx 20220710
- 1136: platex/uplatex can't determine size of graphic automatically
The 32-bit version of MiKTeX for Windows is now deprecated.
- 1129: platex build fail with tarticle class
- 1071: Cannot get TeXworks version: QString::arg: 1 argument(s) missing in TeXworks %1 (%2) [r.%3, %4]
- 1079: spell check is gone
- 1090: "Too many open files" errors with xelatex
- 1112: [BUG]: wrong version number for miktex-dvisvgm-bin-x64-2.9
- 1120: can't build format of platex/platex-dev
- 1121: \pdffilesize doesn't work correctly in eptex and perhaps other engines
MiKTeX now includes the HiTeX engine.
- asymptote 2.79
- cweb 4.7
- dvips 2022.1
- dvisvgm 2.13.3
- luatex 1.15.0
- pmxab 2.9.8a
- ptex 4.0.0
- texworks 0.6.7
- xetex 0.999994
- 1054: Open Terminal window does nothing on elementary OS
- 1055: GFtoPK crashes in supre mode for fonts in certain optical sizes
- 1062: mpm --admin --require=@listfile with non-existing listfile
- bibsort 2.3
- 984: xelatex crashes if fonts are called by name and the open type renderer is used
MiKTeX now includes the four TeX engines of the "Japanese TeX processing tools" suite.
- dvipdfmx 20211117
- makeindex 2.16
- pdftex 1.40.24
- upmendex 1.00
- 858: Hope MiKTeX can support upTeX series (upTeX/upLaTeX/eupTex...) engine
- 983: dvisvgm: unexpected error in conjunction with raw SVG elements
- 899: Texify: Getting version leads to internal error
- 921: Epstopdf Crashes
- 923: Handle competing fontconfig installation
- 933: "texify.exe" crashes on Windows in 21.6 when invoked with incorrect usage
- 940: remove type1 font directories from localfonts.conf
MiKTeX Console now provides a user interface which makes it easier to find and view package documentation.
- 338: MikTeX Console : direkt link to open package documentation
- dvipdfmx 20210609
- pdftex 1.40.23
- 847: Shared vs not-shared?
- 863: Auto-Install package__doc by file name
- 867: MiKTeX console crash while changing remote package repository
- 869: MiKTeX setup utility encounters internal error during installation
- 871: TeXstudio stopped working - could not find perl.exe
In the past, common TEXMF root directories (e.g., C:\Program Files\MiKTeX)
were in the input search path, even if MiKTeX was installed for the current user only.
As of 21.6.28, common TEXMF root directories are excluded from the input search path.
This should have no impact for most users, because these directories usually do not exist when MiKTeX is installed for the current user.
- 841: When a package have been uninstalled, its directories are not removed
- 844: Documentation not found
- 846: miktex update causes issues “go to source/pdf” in TeXstudio
Non-secure package repository URLs (schemes ftp and http) are deprecated. The package repository
picker (<Random package repository on the Internet>) always chooses a secure URL (scheme https).
- luatex 1.14.0
- metapost 2.01
- 754: search path of automatic format creation
- 762: output of lfs.dir in luatex
- 765: MiKTeX 21.3 / pdflatex crashes sometimes after compiling LaTeX documents
- 768: kpsewhich with option --all
- 780: [MikTeX Portable] Can't remove local texmf directory
- 785: Create all auxiliary files in the directory specified by -aux-directory without ever writing in the source directory
- 825: wrong search path for lua files with lualatex-dev
- 833: Package downloader chooses insecure random mirrors
- axohelp 1.4
- dvipdfmx 20210318
- gregorio 6.0.0-beta2
- texworks 0.6.6
- 698: Unable to update to MikTeX 21.1 on Fedora 33
- 732: texify --clean has trouble with .aux files using luatex engine
- 740: Asymptote fails to startup
The MiKTeX Console user interface has been translated to Simplified Chinese.
- xml2pmx 2021-02-07
- 2021 tune-up of TeX and METAFONT
- asymptote 2.69
- dvipdfmx 20210212
- dvisvgm 2.11.1
- pdftex 1.40.22
- pmxab 2.9.4a
- xetex 0.999993
- 697: Add zh_CN translations
MiKTeX Console now supports localization. To begin with, the user interface has been translated to German.
- asymptote 2.68
- autosp 2020-07-01
- dvipdfmx 20210116
- dvisvgm 2.11
- luatex 1.13.0
- 676: MiKTeX Console localization: de_DE
Options --disable-pipes and --enable-pipes (TeX engines) are deprecated and will be removed in a future release. If specified, they now don't have any effect.
- 597: xetex rounds all image sizes to integer pt values
- 652: miktexsetup.exe: MiKTeX encountered an internal error.
- 659: Check for directory that executable doesn't have permissions for causes crash
- 666: miktex (lualatex.exe) fails to run from flask subprocess
- 668: expand tilde prefixes
- 669: testing if pipes are enabled.
- 672: miktex-mf (or maketfm) doesn't find .mf files in the current directory
- asymptote 2.67
- axohelp 1.3
- dvipdfmx 20201014
- dvisvgm 2.10.1
- 648: lualatex/xelatex: handling of
stderrwhen using pipes - 650: Compilation get's stuck when using input pipes with inputs larger than 4KB
- 206: store log-files of "build format" runs
- 598: Installing anyway when hitting "back" on windows
- 607: MiKTeX 20.6.29 64 bit installation bug
- 634: .fls files are put in output directory, should be placed in aux directory instead
- 635: make4ht odt compilations on miktex systems fail
- 576: Net Installer Crashing
- 581: pdflatex fails with "invalid argument in putc"
- 584: upon rebuilding all formats: invalid value definition in mltex.ini
This followup release to fix some regressions:
The MiKTeX project has switched to a date-based versioning scheme for releases.
See this issue for more info: #554
- patgen 1.0.6
- upmendex 0.54
- 41: Error running miktex on Win 10 ver. 1709
- 534: include patgen in repo
- 538: MACOS, mthelp calls firefox instead of open
- 552: LuaLaTex fails on special characters in the windows user account path
- 554: MiKTeX release versioning
- 556: -jobname cli option broken on latex, pdflatex, xelatex, still working on lualatex
- 561: include upmendex in repository
Omega 1.15 is obsolete and has now been removed from the distribution.
In the past, it was possible to specify Windows 8.3 file names (aka short file names) when invoking a TeX engine. As of 2.9.7440, this is not supported anymore.
Impact: The following use case is broken:
pdflatex abraka~1.tex
where abraka~1.tex is the 8.3 variant of the long file name abrakadabra.tex.
In the past, package database signing was optional. As of MiKTeX 2.9.7440, it is required that MiKTeX package database files are provided with a valid signature.
Reason: In order to support custom remote package repositories (see Allow local http mirrors), it must be ensured that the contents of the custom package repository is unmodified.
Impact: Users will receive an error message if they visit an outdated (no signature) or modified (tampered database) package repository.
As of MiKTeX 2.9.7440, it is possible to prevent the execution of unrestricted shell escape commands when a program is running with elevated privileges:
initexmf --verbose --set-config-value [Core]AllowUnrestrictedSuperUser=f
This prevents the following use case:
sudo pdflatex --shell-escape file.tex
where file.tex contains:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{shellesc}
\begin{document}
\ShellEscape{echo hello, world! > hello.txt}
\input{hello.txt}
\end{document}
For more information and discussion, visit the issue page at GitHub:
- 533: Unrestricted shell escape commands and elevated privileges
MiKTeX is now available for Ubuntu 20.04 and Fedora 32. See this howto for more info.
- 486: Luatex cannot find input file when using texify on windows
- 491: Empty file error when trying to complete the setup on a Mac
- 510: Long file name support
- 514: Kerberos Proxy support
- 520: Make MiKTeX Console usable for keyboard only users
- 521: Cannot install on Fedora 32
- 528: Ubuntu 20.04 Repositories
- 532: Calling external commands with quotes in path via shell on Windows
- 541: Change BibTeX "I couldn't open database file" message to include double extension
- 312: MiKTeX Setup Wizard ignores --user-install in Windows 10
- 429: Suggested feature: epstopdf - alert on missing font packages
- asymptote 2.65
- texworks 0.6.5
lualatex now uses LuaHBTeX as the underlying engine.
- asymptote 2.64
- autosp 2020-03-11
- dvipdfmx 20200315
- dvisvgm 2.9.1
- texworks 0.6.4
- 445: Autoinstall packages on the fly (without asking): give option to install for all users
- 475: BibTeX single_fn_space = 100 is too small; could we have 1000, please?
- 486: Luatex cannot find input file when using texify on windows
MiKTeX adopted the forthcoming TL 2020 \input enhancement which allows you to specify file with spaces in the name:
\input{my stuff}
\input{"my stuff"}
To quote Karl Berry:
For TL 2020, I think we're going to be able to extend \input so that it can take a grouped argument (\input{...}), and thus allow any character in the name -- except that " characters will still be eliminated, at LaTeX's request. This won't affect the standard space/token-delimited use of \input in any way.
MiKTeX is now available for CentOS 8. Quick installation instructions:
sudo rpm --import "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD6BC243565B2087BC3F897C9277A7293F59E4889"
sudo curl -L -o /etc/yum.repos.d/miktex.repo https://miktex.org/download/centos/8/miktex.repo
sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install miktex
Please read this HOWTO, if this is the first time you install MiKTeX for Linux.
The MiKTeX distribution now includes LCDF Typetools, a bundle of outline font manipulation tools.
- asymptote 2.62
- autosp 2020-02-06
- dvipdfmx 20200116
- dvipng 1.17
- dvips 2020.1
- dvisvgm 2.8.2
- LuaTeX 1.12.0
- pdftex 1.40.21
- pmxab 2.9.4
- libpng 1.6.37
- 419: Admin mode required but not accessible
- 420: miktexsetup fails -- how to advance?
- 422: Increase font_mem_size upper limit
- 428: GSF2PK failed on postscript font
- 435: language patterns in the format can not be changed manually
- 436: Problems with the oberdiek package
- 438: Create "fc-cache.exe" as alias
- 441: Cannot build new format
- 448: miktex-makepk fails if the transcript file does not exist
- 451: Clicking Close button vs pressing Esc key upon finished package installation
- 459: dvipng 1.16 with pk fonts error on Win32
- 471: BibTeX max_glob_strs = 10 or 20 much too small; could we have 100, please?
- LuaHBTeX 1.11.2
- LuaTeX 1.11.2
Fixed macOS build issues.
All TeX engines now write text output files with UNIX line endings.
The miktex-epstopdf utility now creates a PDF with embedded fonts.
- synctex 1.5
- luatex 1.10.0
- 353: luatex 1.10.1 has a bug affecting font usage
- 363: SyncTeX binaries?
- 369: luatex doesn't handle commands in the name of the main file correctly
- 370: line endings
- 373: tftopl failed with large .tfm file
- 376: Miktex Update removes essential packages
- 377: pdfcrop: The script engine could not be found.
- 391: miktex-console_admin building format fails
- harftex: new TeX enginge with embedded HarfBuzz and Lua
- dvipdfmx 20190522
- luatex 1.10.1
- harfbuzz 2.5.3
You can use the --interaction=scrollmode option, if you depend on the old behaviour:
pdflatex --c-style-errors --interaction=scrollmode document.tex
- dvipdfmx 20190305
- uriparser 0.9.2
- 181: Make file-line-error more talkative
- 293: Bundles old vulnerable copy of uriparser 0.8.6, please update
- 294: kpsewhich not in PATH in MacOS
- 312: MiKTeX Setup Wizard ignores --user-install in Windows 10
- dvipdfmx 20190225
- dvipng 1.16
- dvips 5.999
- dvisvgm 2.6.3
- Gregorio 5.2.0
- luatex 1.10.0
- tex4ht 2018-07-03-10:36
- TeXworks 0.6.3
- 195: Add option to change directory for binaries (Linux)
- 262: keeping user/admin updates in sync
- 263: MPM crashes with --require=@
- 264: MiKTeX failed to test file existence for /dev/null, on macOS and Linux
- 272: TEXMFHOME is empty on Windows
- 279: Latest GregorioTeX update did not include updated binary
- 254: biber: missing on Ubuntu and Mac
- dvipdfmx 20190127
- dvisvgm 2.6.2
- luatex 1.09.2
- 249: TeXworks blocks FNDB
In order to avoid leftovers, MiKTeX Console learned to reset the personal MiKTeX configuration if MiKTeX was installed system-wide:
This allows users to remove their MiKTeX related installation files before a system administrator completely uninstalls MiKTeX.
Prior to MiKTeX 2.9.6930, personal TEXMF root directories were visible (e.g., in MiKTeX Console) when running in administrator mode. This behaviour has been changed: in MiKTeX 2.9.6930 and higher, personal TEXMF root directories are blinded out when running in administrator mode.
The Check for updates operation is much faster now.
- dvipdfmx 20181221
- XeTeX 0.999991
- 43: MPM (admin) cannot be run if TeXworks is running
- 220: MikTex TexWorks on Mac not displaying any text.
- 222: Running MiKTeX commands in parallel fails
- 226: xetex does not look for local user's font folder
- 235: Multithreading poppler utilities on windows yields errors
- dvipdfmx 20181012
- Dvisvgm 2.6
- LuaTeX 1.09.0
- cairo 1.16.0
- expat 2.2.6
- fontconfig 2.13.1
- FreeType 2.9.1
- gmp 6.1.2
- graphite2 1.3.12
- HarfBuzz 2.0.2
- hunspell 1.6.2
- jpeg 9c
- libcurl 7.61.1
- liblzma 5.2.4
- libpng 1.6.35
- LibreSSL 2.8.2
- m-tx 0.63a
- mpfr 4.0.1
- mspack 0.8alpha
- teckit 2.5.8
- uriparser 0.8.6
- zzip 0.13.68
This applies to MiKTeX (TeX Live is an upstream source):
An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
More info: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
- 199: miktex searches the whole file system if grffile is used
MiKTeX is now available for Fedora 28 and openSUSE Leap 15.
- 36: enhance support to install packages from a list file
- 50: pdftex (started via the compiler driver) can't find input files if the main file is on a network drive
- 66: [MikTeX Portable] Can't add local texmf directory
- 149: Texify / macOS: "The TeX engine could not be found."
- 156: latexmk does not work on a fresh mac install
- 161: xelatex: -disable-installer is not propagated to miktex-makemf
- 166: Alternative for sudo
- 168: Installing MiKTex via Command Line
- 174: initexmf --force --mklinks --admin fails if TeXworks is open
MiKTeX is now available for these older Macintosh platforms:
- OS X El Capitan
- macOS Sierra
- HarfBuzz 1.8.0
- 42: download of cm-super is speed-limited
- 116: Cannot run on El Capitan
- 138: U+0361 COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE is misaligned when using Linguistics Pro font
- 143: MiKTeX portable creates start menu entries
- 148: MiKTeX Console: uninstall MiKTeX
MiKTeX is now available for Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9. See this howto for more info.
- dvipdfmx 20180506
- Dvisvgm 2.4
- 94: Silent uninstall in Windows
- 120: Installation error in Ubuntu 18.04
- 122: Get back "a random package repository on the Internet"
- 128: Starting miktex console as administrator is not detected
- Asymptote 2.44
- Dvisvgm 2.3.5
- Gregorio 5.1.1
- 26: native Asymptote adaptive OpenGL-based 3D-renderer doesn't work
- 94: Silent uninstall in Windows
- 99: reaching the format and language dialog
- 100: Running miktexsetup --portable with elevated permissions fails
- 106: Texify gives un-informative error message when wrong engine given
- 112: Faulty prepmx binary
Fixed a MiKTeX Console regression bug on macOS/Linux.
- axohelp 1.2
- autosp 2018-02-14
- dvipdfmx 20180217
- dvips 5.998
- Dvisvgm 2.3.3
- pdfTeX 1.40.19
- pmxab 2.8.4
- 70: MPM search filter doesn't show all packages
- 71: mpm --require=@listfile issue
- 73: pdflatex incorrectly modifies path if double semicolon is present in $env:PATH
- 74: texdoc and mthelp command not found
- 77: xelatex segfault (Linux Mint)
- 81: libfreetype.6.dylib cannot be called rightly using command-line on Mac
MiKTeX Console is the new MiKTeX management tool which combines three UI applications into one:
- MiKTeX Package Manager
- MiKTeX Settings
- MiKTeX Update Wizard
LuaTeX now comes in two variants:
miktex-luatexis the default engine with Lua 5.2 insidemiktex-lua53texis the experimental engine with Lua 5.3 inside
By default, the LuaTeX executables (luatex, lualatex, ...) are
linked to the 5.2 engine.
You can switch the engine by setting a configuration value and recreating links to the executables.
To use the new 5.3 based engine:
initexmf --set-config-value [luatex]luaver=5.3
initexmf --force --mklinks
To switch back to the 5.2 based engine:
initexmf --set-config-value [luatex]luaver=5.2
initexmf --force --mklinks
As always: run initexmf with administrator privileges and add the
--admin option, if you manage a shared MiKTeX installation.
- axohelp 1.1
- Dvisvgm 2.3.2
- LuaTeX 1.07.0
- m-tx 0.63
- XeTeX 0.99999
- cairo 1.14.12
- luatex does not work properly on Ubuntu
- dvipdfmx 20170918, XeTeX Support /Rotate in PDF image inclusion
- Dvisvgm 2.2
- LuaTeX 1.06.2
- fontconfig 2.12.6
- FreeType 2.8.1
- HarfBuzz 1.6.3
- ICU 60.1
- libcurl 7.56.1
- LibGD 2.2.5
- libpng 1.6.34
- Poppler 0.60.1
- Qt 5.9.2
- 4:
xdvipdfmxwith options supplied asoutput-driverto XeLaTeX results incan't write on fileerror - 5: Package manager "Miktex encountered an internal error" [windows]
- 19: option --user-install of MiKTeX setup utility is ignored [windows]
- 22: miktex is noticably slower than texlive
- 2618: Unknown filter "JPXDecode" Syntax Error
- 2620: xetex can't input files with BOM anymore
- 2622: shell commands are not executed correctly
- 2624: Problem with \pdfresettimer & \pdfelapsedtime
- 2625: Package installation fails as normal user account
- asy: asymptote - 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
- lacheck: a consistency checker checker for LaTeX documents
- autosp 2017-07-14
- cairo 1.4.10
- fontconfig 2.12.3
- FreeType 2.8
- graphite2 1.3.10
- HarfBuzz 1.4.7
- libcurl 7.54.1
- libpng 1.6.30
- teckit 2.5.7
- zzip 0.13.66
It is now possible to install MiKTeX on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit and Linux Mint 18.x 64-bit:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys D6BC243565B2087BC3F897C9277A7293F59E4889
echo "deb http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu xenial universe" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/miktex.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install miktex
See this howto for more info.
The MiKTeX build environment has been dockerized for the following Linux distros:
This makes it possible to build MiKTeX using Docker. No build tools required.
For example, to build MiKTeX for Debian 9:
mkdir -p /tmp/miktex
curl -fsSL https://miktex.org/download/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/source/miktex-2.9.tar.xz | \
tar -xJ --strip-components=1 -C /tmp/miktex
docker pull miktex/miktex-build-stretch
docker run --rm -t \
-v /tmp/miktex:/miktex/source:ro \
-v `pwd`:/miktex/build:rw \
miktex/miktex-build-stretch
- dvipdfmx: warning: Ignore invalid attribute dictionary
- axohelp: a helper utility for the axodraw2 package.
- TeXworks 0.6.2
- dvipdfmx
- Support additional length units
- pdfTeX
- Adding SyncTeX support to
\pdfxform
- Adding SyncTeX support to
- HarfBuzz 1.4.6
- libcurl 7.54.0
- LibreSSL 2.5.3
- Poppler 0.55.0
It is now possible to install MiKTeX via the Homebrew package manager:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew tap miktex/miktex
brew install miktex
See this howto for more info.
- 2604: Report clearly when repository servers are intentionally offline
- autosp - a preprocessor that generates note-spacing commands for MusiXTeX scores
- Gregorio - convert from gabc to GregorioTeX
- Dvisvgm 2.1.3
- LuaTeX 1.0.4
- pdfTeX 1.40.18
- XeTeX 0.99998
- LuaTeX
- New option: --include-directory=DIR
It is possible to build this release on Linux and macOS.
- 2570: pdflatex doesn't ignore BOM (byte order mark)
- 2579: xelatex adds unwanted stuff to stdin at the end of the compilation
- 2580: wrong output to stdin when using lualatex
- 2581: epstopdf creates .eps.pdf file instead of .pdf as in TeXLive
- 2586: Bis: lualatex.exe fails if the profil name has non ASCII characters
- 2591: Noto fonts not listed in MO font list
- 2593: luatex can't include colors of a plot