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The accepted answer of this question writes:

To compile you should now call pdflatex, biber, pdflatex.

The problem for me is that I am under TeXStudio and I don't know how to call biber...

Edit: With the MWE of the acepted answer, I get the following in the output of TeXStudio:

Process started: bibtex "document-28-04-21-22p55".aux
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2019/Debian)
The top-level auxiliary file: document-28-04-21-22p55.aux
I found no \citation commands---while reading file document-28-04-21-22p55.aux
I found no \bibdata command---while reading file document-28-04-21-22p55.aux
I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file document-28-04-21-22p55.aux
(There were 3 error messages)
Process exited with error(s)

Unfortunately, I don't really know how to fix this...

Hermi
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Actually is pdflatex +pdflatex +biber +pdflatex +pdflatex

I will share a couple of screen captures to help you started.

a

b

If you run the MWE of the link you mention the full process will run by itself. (I am using MikTeX)

As output you should get

z

From Follow-up to "How to call biber"

% !TeX TS-program = pdflatex

\listfiles % see the list of loaded file at the end of the log file


\documentclass{article}


\usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}


\usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=authoryear-icomp,
natbib=true,
url=false, 
doi=true,
eprint=false
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}


\usepackage[]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true,
}


%% ##############################
\begin{document}
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet~\citep{kastenholz}.
    At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum~\citet{sigfridsson}.
    \printbibliography 
\end{document}

Inspect your console output of TeXstudio (midway) (or the .blg file with a text editor). I used a file named biberMWE.tex.

Process started: biber.exe "biberMWE"

biber: security risk: running with elevated privileges
INFO - This is Biber 2.16
INFO - Logfile is 'biberMWE.blg'
INFO - Reading 'biberMWE.bcf'
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in bib section 0
INFO - Processing section 0
INFO - Looking for bibtex format file 'biblatex-examples.bib' for section 0
INFO - LaTeX decoding ...
INFO - Found BibTeX data source 'C:/Users/simon/AppData/Local/Programs/MiKTeX/bibtex/bib/biblatex/biblatex-examples.bib'
INFO - Overriding locale 'de_DE' defaults 'variable = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
INFO - Overriding locale 'de_DE' defaults 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
INFO - Sorting list 'nyt/global//global/global' of type 'entry' with template 'nyt' and locale 'de_DE'
INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'de_DE'
INFO - Writing 'biberMWE.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8'
INFO - Output to biberMWE.bbl
Process exited normally

The last line is the more important. You should look for this nice ending every time you change you .bib database or add a cite in your document.

Simon Dispa
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  • Sorry for my late reply, I couldn't get back earlier to you... Unfortunately, I get an error and thus it doesn't work yet (with the MWE from the accepted answer), could you please take a brief look at my edited question? – Hermi Aug 23 '21 at 18:01
  • @Hermi I updated my MWE by adding \listfilesat the beginning.

    Run it and you will get a list of all loaded files and their version in the .log file. Add this * File List * to your question. Maybe an update is needed. Did your system run the entire sequence of compliations by itself?

     – Simon Dispa Aug 23 '21 at 20:30
  • I looked into the log file, there are 617 lines in there. How exactly do you want me to add the file to my question? :) Also: I'm afraid I do not understand your last question: "Did your system run the entire sequence of compliations by itself?" – Hermi Aug 24 '21 at 09:04
  • @Hermi Check in Configure Texstudio, (1) screen Commands (1a) PdfLatex > pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape %.tex (1b) Biber > biber.exe %

    (2) screen Build (2a) Default Bibliography Tool > txs:///biber (2b) Recomplile Bibliography > txs:///compile | txs:///bibliography | txs:///compile

     – Simon Dispa Aug 24 '21 at 14:40
  • @Hermi Log file should start similar to This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (MiKTeX 21.3) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2021.8.20). Then close to the end must find biblatex.sty 2020/12/31 v3.16 programmable bibliographies – Simon Dispa Aug 24 '21 at 14:46
  • Thanks. Concerning 1b) under "Biber", it had said "Unknown command", I changed this to biber.exe % as you suggested, but it threw an error that "biber.exe" could not be started. With biber % only, it throws the same error that the command "biber" cannot be started. Under 2a), it says for me "Biber", there is only a dropdown menu, so I cannot type what you wrote. Under 2b), I am not sure where to find "Recompile Bibliography"? – Hermi Aug 25 '21 at 12:02
  • ad log file: Yes, the beginning starts with This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.20 (TeX Live 2019/Debian) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2021.4.20) and near the end I have biblatex.sty 2019/12/01 v3.14 programmable bibliographies (PK/MW). Can it be that my BibLaTeX is outdated? – Hermi Aug 25 '21 at 12:05
  • @Hermi Its looks that you do not have biber installed. Please see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/154751/biblatex-with-biber-configuring-my-editor-to-avoid-undefined-citations/154754#154754 and more important https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/538791/how-to-get-the-biber-script-with-a-custom-texlive-installation – Simon Dispa Aug 25 '21 at 16:49
  • Thanks. I took a look at the second link you posted, but when I try to install biber via tlgmr install biber from the terminal, I get the following message: (running on Debian, switching to user mode!) TLPDB: not a directory, not loading: /home/user/texmf tlmgr: running in usermode, did you call 'tlmgr init-usertree'?. – Hermi Aug 25 '21 at 19:37
  • @Hermi I can not help there. I suggest you ask another question like how to install biber with Debian/TexLive 2019 and show your last output. Biber must appear in the dropdown menu of TeXstudio, – Simon Dispa Aug 26 '21 at 12:39
  • Dear Simon Dispa, thanks for your help. :) The following link solved my problem: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/612137/how-to-install-biber-with-tex-live-2019-debian. – Hermi Aug 27 '21 at 11:57
  • @Hermi Great! So you finally were able to compile my example and your also your own document? – Simon Dispa Aug 27 '21 at 12:49
  • Yes, exactly. (-; – Hermi Aug 27 '21 at 14:09