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Well, this actually is an answer...

I had this problem recently on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) and it got me a little bit irritated, so I'm posting this answer; I saw similar questions but not with these specifics.

If, let's say, you decided to use sharelatex or overleaf for a group project and it was compiling like a charm using biblatex and biber with

\usepackage[backend=biber,...,...]{biblatex}

but suddenly, when you downloaded the .zip and tried to compile it again on Texmaker it "couldn't find \citation \bibdata \bibstyle commands",and you happen to have installed tex-live... AND you're like "oh boy... i guess i'll keep doing it online" (not with these specific words i imagine), this might be for you... (see answer)

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Here's what you gotta do:

Terminal: sudo apt-get install biber (install it)

Go to Texmaker > Options > Configure

At the "Commands" section (the one that appears), in the field named "Bib(la)tex" change the content (probably bibtex %.aux) to biber % and try it again.

*** To make things easier, you might, as well, go to the "Compile" section, and set the quick compile to PdfLaTeX + Bib(la)tex + PdfLaTeX (x2) + View Pdf.

Then click OK and try to compile it again with F1 (if you did the "***" part). I'm inclined to think it'll do the work.

If someone has another answer to this problem, I'm eager to know it xD

And yes, you should consider learning vim or emacs for the next project and profit from the experience by using their bindings on sharelatex (or overleaf).

you may compile it at the terminal as well:

pdflatex <myfile> biber <myfile> pdflatex <myfile>

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