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When I want to include the biblatex package I always get the error-message above. Here are some basic information:

  • I'm using Ubuntu 14.04LTS and have installed Texlive with the Ubuntu Software-Center
  • The biblatex.sty package is installed in: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty
  • I'm using Texmaker

I already tried to compile the .tex file from the terminal and it returns the same error, so I guess it has nothing to do with Texmaker.

I read about 'vanilla' tex but as far as I know biblatex is by now included in the recent Texlive-Version of the Ubuntu-Center. I don't need/want more control about my packages and as I mentioned above it indeed is installed, so I don't know if this will help me in any way.

Hopefully you can give me some advice. If I forgot any information please let me know it.

Lithium
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    What (if anything) does kpsewhcih biblatex.sty at the Terminal report? – Joseph Wright Jun 20 '14 at 12:32
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  • It reports nothing.. – Lithium Jun 20 '14 at 12:35
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    @user3204077: I can hardly imagine, that even a vanilla install does omit biblatex. Please log in as root or use su and try texconfig rehash –  Jun 20 '14 at 12:42
  • @ChristianHupfer I get back some updating information but am still not able to compile the file. – Lithium Jun 20 '14 at 12:50
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    Did you try sudo apt-get install texlive-bibtex-extra? – egreg Jun 20 '14 at 12:52
  • Perhaps there is just an error in your *.tex file. Please post a MWE which leads to that error message. –  Jun 20 '14 at 13:01
  • @egreg This worked for me. Thanks a lot at everyone. – Lithium Jun 20 '14 at 14:07
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    This question appears to be off-topic because it is about an incomplete TeX distribution, the problem was fixed by installing the appropriate packages (see comment above). – moewe Jun 20 '14 at 17:58
  • Same problem here. I am considerably new to LaTeX. In my case I am using Mac and installed the short distro BasicTex. Using this tool: https://github.com/amaxwell/tlutility/releases/tag/1.23 it was possible for me to access all the pachages in CTAN and solve this issue. – user9869932 Dec 24 '15 at 03:19

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