Beamer and pgfcore.sty for MikTex

[Dave Rudolf]

Hey all,

I'm using MikTex 2.4 (e-TeX, Version 3.141592-2.2), and I'm trying to get the
Beamer package to work so that I can create slides. However, when I try to
build the doc, I get the following error:

! LaTex Error: File `pgfcore.sty' not found.

The error comes from the first line of beamer.cls, which is

\RequirePackage{beamerbasercs}

So, do I need some other package installed first or where should I get this
missing file?

Thanks.

Dave

[Gabriel Guernik]

Seems like you need the pgf package...

[Dave Rudolf]

Gabriel Guernik wrote:
> Seems like you need the pgf package...
>

Okay, it now works... kind-of. It generates the PDF file, but Acrobat Reader
says it can't find one fo the fonts (though it's not handy enough to tell me
which font). The header goodies that I have are:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{simlab}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{pstricks,pst-node,pst-text,pst-3d}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}

Any idea how I might debug and fix this problem?

Thanks.

Dave

[Gabriel Guernik]

Check the .log file, it should say whether there were any problems in
the compilation, which fonts where used, etc.