Make sure to specify a new directory for the files, for example: D:/MiKTeX exe and choose your thumbdrive as the destination. MiKTeX Portable – MiKTeX downloads as a self-extracting executable, so once you’ve saved it locally, run the.I recommend at least 2GB to give you room to install additional packages as needed.
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Fortunately, since my last update, Texmaker no longer requires Ghostscript or GSView to render PDF files, which makes this process a whole lot simpler and cleaner.įirst of all, you need an empty USB thumbdrive. All you need is an empty USB thumbdrive and a little bit of time. If one of your files calls a package that isn’t installed yet, Texmaker will install it for you on the fly. The advantages of a portable installation is that it is relatively lightweight because it installs only the packages you need to get up and running. There are very few step-by-step tutorials out there for building your own portable workshop, so I thought it might prove advantageous to document my build to save others the headache of troubleshooting the process. I’ve had a number of requests to update my tutorial for installing a portable version of for current versions of both MiKTeX and Texmaker. Your mileage may vary with other versions of Windows. Note: this article was last updated on December 30, 2019, for users of Windows 10 only.