[OS X TeX] aid with urlbst on a custom-bib file

[Simon Lisney]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the response.

Like I said I tried with and without the % only because it was  
included in the examples.

the result of 'which urlbst' in Terminal is;

> Last login: Thu Aug 31 12:02:20 on ttyp1
> Welcome to Darwin!
> Mac-G4:~ simon$ which urlbst
> no urlbst in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/ 
> local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current
> Mac-G4:~ simon$

Some help with the installation process would help as I think that is  
the problem.

>    Download the file urlbst-0.5.1.tar.gz and unpack it.
>
>    The simplest thing to do is to check that the path to the Perl  
> binary
>    is correct in the distributed urlbst script, and then copy that  
> to a
>    suitable place (such as /usr/local/bin). Then copy the various .bst
>    files somewhere in the BibTeX search path (type kpsepath bst on  
> Unix
>    to find out the list of places BibTeX searches).

1. How do I  "check that the path to the Perl binary is correct" ?

2. How do it copy to "/usr/local/bin"  as I can see it in my  
directory (alias in Library to teTex/bin/ ?)

3. Do I only copy the 'urlbst' file as the Perl binary. Folder contents;

abbrvurl.bst
alphaurl.bst
configure
configure.ac
Makefile.in
plainurl.bst
README
unsrturl.bst
urlbst
urlbst.html
urlbst.html.in
urlbst.in
urlbst.pdf
urlbst.ps
urlbst.tex
urlbst.tex.in
VERSION

What about 'configure' and urlbst.in which look like binary files too.

4. Do I need to copy the .bst files
abbrvurl.bst
alphaurl.bst
plainurl.bst
unsrturl.bst

to the texmf/bibtex/bst folder even if I do not intend to use them?

Thanks
Simon

On 31 Aug 2006, at 13:08, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 31.08.2006 um 11:53 schrieb Simon Lisney:
>
>> I tried with and without the %.
>
> You should type without the %! This has been the prompt in the  
> other shell.
>
> Presumingly all your commands were in vain. Bash even reported  
> 'urlbst: command not found' – do you have urlbst installed? What is  
> bash (your shell) reporting when you type 'which urlbst' (just the  
> two words)?
>
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>
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