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+{
+    "version": "21.12",
+    "description": "An up-to-date implementation of TeX/LaTeX and related programs [Deprecated. Use 'miktex'].",
+    "homepage": "https://miktex.org",
+    "license": {
+        "identifier": "LPPL1.3c,GPL-3.0-or-later,Public Domain,...",
+        "url": "https://miktex.org/copying"
+    },
+    "notes": "[Deprecated] This is a duplicate of the 'miktex' package. The name 'latex' is just kept for historical reasons.",
+    "architecture": {
+        "64bit": {
+            "url": "https://miktex.org/download/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/setup/windows-x64/basic-miktex-21.12-x64.exe",
+            "hash": "a338810056be6fd4e30700d22cfe9b1296d8eef6e169ff589df3b66d7cca6c96",
+            "bin": [
+                [
+                    "texmfs\\install\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-console.exe",
+                    "miktex",
+                    "--hide --mkmaps"
+                ]
+            ],
+            "shortcuts": [
+                [
+                    "texmfs\\install\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-console.exe",
+                    "MiKTeX Console"
+                ]
+            ],
+            "env_add_path": "texmfs\\install\\miktex\\bin\\x64"
+        }
+    },
+    "installer": {
+        "args": [
+            "--portable=\"$dir\"",
+            "--unattended",
+            "--private"
+        ]
+    },
+    "persist": "texmfs\\config",
+    "checkver": {
+        "url": "https://miktex.org/download",
+        "regex": "basic-miktex-([\\d.]+)-x64\\.exe"
+    },
+    "autoupdate": {
+        "architecture": {
+            "64bit": {
+                "url": "https://miktex.org/download/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/setup/windows-x64/basic-miktex-$version-x64.exe"
+            }
+        },
+        "hash": {
+            "url": "https://miktex.org/download",
+            "regex": "(?sm)$basename</div>.*?$sha256"
+        }
+    }
+}