I got this message "Please (re)run Biber on the file: output and rerun LaTeX afterwards." and I don't know how to rerun Biber. Sorry I'm a beginner.
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biber is an external program which you can run
- at the command prompt (in a terminal window), typing the command
biber documentname - or within your editor, if your LaTeX editor provides it.
To clarify, if your document is documentname.tex, you run biber documentname, leaving out the .tex suffix. Assuming your cited articles, books, etc. are defined in sources.bib, you'd include those sources in documentname.tex like this:
\usepackage{biblatex}
\bibliography{sources.bib}
An editor explanation with a lot of screenshots is here, in German: Wie verwende ich biber in meinem Editor. Luckily, there are a lot of screenshots, so perhaps you don't even need to use Google Translate to translate it.
But you can tell us your editor, and I can update this answer.
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1The English version of the German instructions are in Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations. – moewe Sep 02 '15 at 09:52
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If you cite articles, is it recommended to (re)run Biber every time before compiling? Because I created a script to compile LaTeX directly from Vim, so my default command is "pdlatex <filename.tex>". This probably should be "biber filename && pdflatex <filename.tex>". Am I right? – Unix Dec 26 '22 at 14:02
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@Unix perhaps use latexmk: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/8950 but yes, rerun if you made a change in bibliography entries. – Stefan Kottwitz Dec 27 '22 at 15:07
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In TeXstudio it is
Tools -> Befehle -> biber (German version)
Tools -> Commands -> biber (English version)
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Just in case somebody sees this question.
I got the same problem with my project on overleaf. I just cleared the catche files with the little trash can next to "other logs and files", and it worked :).
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1Thank you, you saved my time and helped me . it actually worked, you may not know me, but be sure that I LOVE YOU – MFQ Jul 04 '21 at 09:19
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Run with command line:
biber main # if main.tex is your latex file.
biber may not be installed in your system. You can install biber in this way:
pacman -S biber # arch linux
apt install biber # ubuntu
If you are using macos or windows, biber shall be installed when you installed you latex distribution. If biber is not installed, it is not recommended to install biber manually as it may cause conflicts with you TeX distribution. The easiest method is probably just delete all auxiliary file and recompile.
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Welcome!
brewisn't the standard way to install TeX on Macs. Moreover, it will cause havoc if the TeX distribution already installed is not provided by homebrew because Biber must be in sync with Biblatex version-wise. – cfr Mar 31 '24 at 02:09