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In trying to force the author name to be in capital letters in citation while keeping normal letters in the reference list. In this thread there is an answer that suggests small changes in the file apalike.bst as a way to achieve this goal. Well, for my surprise, when I searching for the mentioned file through the folders of my linux distribuition, I got two matches instead of one. The two files apalike.bst are in the following paths:

./local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/apalike.bst

./share/texlive/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/base/apalike.bst

From the exposed, my questions is:

  1. What is the purpose to be two copies of this file?

  2. Which one should I copy and change to achive what I want?

  3. There is a better solution to work around this issue with natbib?

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  • Did you install vanilla TeX Live and the repository version? – TeXnician Jul 07 '17 at 14:24
  • you presumably have two of everything eg article.cls not just that bst file? – David Carlisle Jul 07 '17 at 14:38
  • @DavidCarlisle: Yes, I have also two version of article.cls. So basically I have two version of texlive installed? If this is the casa, how can I know which one I am using and which I am not and probably can be deleted? – Randerson Jul 07 '17 at 15:51
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    That's easy to check: Use your distribution's package manager to look up the package texlive (on Debian-based Distros you may search for texlive-bin). If it's installed then you have the repository version on your system. After that check if you have also all programs (e.g. pdflatex) in /usr/local/texlive/2016. If yes, you also have the "vanilla" version. – TeXnician Jul 07 '17 at 15:54
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    just look in any log file where the full paths are shown they are either under /usr/local or /share depending on which tex executable is first in your path – David Carlisle Jul 07 '17 at 15:57
  • @DavidCarlisle suggests I check a log file. From this I got that I am using the files from the folder ../local/. So I using the vanilla version, which means one installed without the package manager. Is it right? – Randerson Jul 07 '17 at 16:04
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    yes you are using last years vanilla texlive (texlive 2017 is current) note it's best not to simply delete the debian package managed version as you will confuse the package manager, although if disk space is a concern there some answers on this site how to install "stub" debian packages so that it knows that tex is installed. – David Carlisle Jul 07 '17 at 16:06
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    see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1092/how-to-install-vanilla-texlive-on-debian-or-ubuntu – David Carlisle Jul 07 '17 at 16:08

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