"I found no \citation commands while reading myFile.aux"

Question

I'm trying to compile myFile.tex, a program which draws on bibtex and biber

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[style=authoryear,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{myRefs.bib}
...
\begin{document}
...By the Seuss theorem\textcite{firstRef}
...
\section{References}
\printbibliography 
\end{document}

Upon compiling, this gave me the following errors

I found no \citation commands---while reading file myFile.aux
I found no \bibdata command---while reading file myFile.aux
I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file myFile.aux

I don't understand why this is happening, or what I have to do with myFile.aux. Can anyone explain this and how to get around it?

Hi! Please help us to help you and add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. It will be much easier for us to reproduce your situation and find out what the issue is when we see compilable code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}. — yo', Mar 02 '15 at 14:23
You've asked for the Biber back-end and then are running BibTeX! — Joseph Wright, Mar 02 '15 at 14:23
Joseph, is that a problem? I'm sorry my newness is showing here. — Sammieo, Mar 03 '15 at 21:08

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '15 at 13:19

24

As mentioned in the comments, you should run biber to compile your bib file as you have used biber as the backend.

\usepackage[style=authoryear,backend=biber]{biblatex}

Here are the commands to compile your myFile.tex and your .bib files:

pdflatex myFile
biber myFile
pdflatex myFile

answered Apr 19 '15 at 13:19

Mukesh Chapagain

562

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With recent versions of biblatex, backend=biber is the standard, so even Biber is not specified explicitly, one still has to run Biber. For help on running Biber with editors see Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations. – moewe Apr 13 '16 at 08:14

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '18 at 00:26

5

I have the same problem with TeXstudio, and backend=biber does not work for me. If you're using TeXstudio too, you have two options:

change the default bibliography tool in TeXstudio settings (Options > Configure TeXstudio > Build > Default Bibliography Tool)
add this line at the beginning of the document

% !BIB TS-program = biber

answered May 04 '18 at 00:26

Taekwondavide

773

6

A possible third option (if things get rough) is to give up Give up biber backend and specify bibtex backend: backend=bibtex – loved.by.Jesus Oct 24 '19 at 11:15
3

@loved.by.Jesus "Giving up is not an option." – rugk Jul 02 '20 at 15:12
@loved.by.Jesus It worked. You should put it to answers – user3050590 Jul 18 '22 at 10:48
@user3050590 Thanks for motivating; I put it to answers. It was just a thought line, and I am happy it helped someone. Be blessed! – loved.by.Jesus Jul 18 '22 at 20:28

loved.by.Jesus · Answer 3 · 2022-07-18T20:35:45.947

3

Quick fix:

Fall back on bibtex backend. Modify the option of the biblatex package.

backend=bibtex

In your example it would look like that:

\usepackage[style=authoryear,backend=bibtex]{biblatex}

edited Jul 18 '22 at 20:35

answered Jul 18 '22 at 20:25

loved.by.Jesus

3,848

"I found no \citation commands while reading myFile.aux"

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