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So I am given a LaTeX-Template, which is said to be working with MikTex 2.9 und TeXLive 2016. I am using Ubuntu 13.04. I have just downloaded TeXLive using sudo apt-get install texlive-full. As an editor, I am using Texstudio. I have tried to run the Template and the following error occurs: 

Package biblatex Error: Style IEEE not found \RequireBibliographyStyle{\blx@bbxfile}

Any suggestions?

  • Please post some more of the log file. – TeXnician Feb 24 '17 at 14:48
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    Maybe a case problem. If the template was made by a Windows guy and he used \usepackage[…,style=IEEE,…]{biblatex} this should be replaced by \usepackage[…,style=ieee,…]{biblatex}. In this case tell the template maintainer, that TeX is case-sensitiv. – Schweinebacke Feb 24 '17 at 14:53
  • thx, seems to be the problem! But as soon as I change IEEE to ieee, I get another error: ' Package keyval Error: giveninits undefined \blx@processoptions' . The problem occurs in biblatex1.sty - as I said, I have just reinstalled texlive, so shouldn't all my packages be up to date? –  Feb 24 '17 at 17:03
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    Without the template we can of course say nothing. But if there is someone who gave it to you and wants you to keep it private he should also provide a bit of support, I think. The giveninits message suggests your biblatex is outdated. If you installed the repository version of TeX live you may not get the newest updates. You only get full control over your TeX distribution if you use vanilla TeX live. However, normally there should be no version conflicts if you don't install packages manually. – moewe Feb 24 '17 at 17:26
  • That is, if you got both biblatex and biblatex-ieee from the Ubuntu repositories everything should be fine. – moewe Feb 24 '17 at 17:26
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    Ubuntu 13.04 ships a very, very outdated TeX live (namely TeX live 2013), you will have a hard time with packages that are more frequently updated such as biblatex and pgfplots. You should really consider getting a vanilla TeX live. – moewe Feb 24 '17 at 17:28
  • Would updating my version of ubuntu work as well? –  Feb 24 '17 at 17:51
  • Not sure. The repository versions of TeX live in Ubuntu are always a bit behind. It might just work, but upgrading your Ubuntu versions seems more hassle and potentially dangerous to me than installing vanilla TeX live. – moewe Feb 24 '17 at 18:08
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    You're using an unsupported version of Ubuntu in addition to an older TeX Live. You need to move to more recent versions of software of possible. – Stephen Michael Kellat Feb 26 '17 at 01:53
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    What template is it? Why are you using it? – Johannes_B Feb 28 '17 at 09:53
  • Any news here? As the question currently stands, the only thing we can say is that you are using a horribly outdated version of TeX live. We don't know more about the specifics of your template to be of any more help than that. – moewe Mar 05 '17 at 07:48
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    I think this is why it doesn't work. It is working now on a different computer, where I am using texlive 2016. –  Mar 05 '17 at 08:47
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the problem is related to outdated versions of the packages involved (TeX live 2013 is a long time ago in biblatex age) - OP confirms that the problem does not resurface with TeX live 2016. – moewe Mar 06 '17 at 17:10

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