[OS X TeX] strange biblatex error - should I run mktexlsr?

Thu Feb 18 23:22:09 CET 2021

Well, you only have 1 file called "biblatex.sty" (as you can see by running
"locate /biblatex.sty" with a slash).

In my case, I get

$ locate biblatex.sty

/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty

/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-software/software-biblatex.sty

/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lwarp/lwarp-biblatex.sty

/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/udesoftec/udesoftec-biblatex.sty

so I think the *-biblatex.sty files are OK.

However, it seems you have 2 instances of TeX Live (one from MacTeX and one
from MacPorts).
Do you need both of them?
If yes, is the MacPorts one up to date?

Guillermo

desoftec-biblatex.sty
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 23:08, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Aha!
>
> [~] locate biblatex.sty
>
> /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/lwarp/lwarp-biblatex.sty
> /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/udesoftec/udesoftec-biblatex.sty
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-software/software-biblatex.sty
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lwarp/lwarp-biblatex.sty
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/udesoftec/udesoftec-biblatex.sty
>
> So perhaps I need to adjust my $PATH. Questions, then:
>
> (1) Is that shell variable $PATH read when latex processes a .tex file by
> means of the TeXShop typesetting command?
>
> (2) If so, what would I put first on the $PATH: just
> /usr/local/texlive/2020 ?
>
> On 18 Feb2021, at 4:43 PM, G. M.-S. <lists.gms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello.
>
> Perhaps you can open Terminal and look at the output of
>
> locate biblatex.sty
>
> to see if there are other files with the same name somewhere.
>
> (If the database does not yet exist, this command will tell you how to
> create it.)
>
> HTH,
>
> Guillermo
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 22:34, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just used TLU to reinstall biblatex. But still the same error! From the
>> log:
>>
>>
>> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english' ->
>> 'mylanguagestrings'
>> ...
>> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'mylanguagestrings.lbx' found.
>>
>> (/Users/murray/Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/mylanguagestrings.lbx
>> File: mylanguagestrings.lbx
>> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english'...
>> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'english.lbx' found.
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx
>> File: english.lbx 2020/08/23 v3.15a biblatex localization (PK/MW)
>> )
>> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english'...
>> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'english.lbx' found.
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx
>> File: english.lbx 2020/08/23 v3.15a biblatex localization (PK/MW)
>>
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx:571:
>> Pack
>> age xkeyval Error: `langbasque' undefined in families `blx at lbx’.
>>
>> On 18 Feb2021, at 3:35 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 1:44 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 18 Feb2021, at 1:24 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 11:37 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx:571:
>> Pack
>> age xkeyval Error: `langbasque' undefined in families `blx at lbx'.
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Hmmm... in
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx I see
>> a definition of langbasque on  line 473; line 571 is the end of that
>> structure list. Are you up to date?
>>
>>
>> And in /Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx I have the referenced file
>> mylanguagestrings.lbx which includes the following:
>>
>>
>> From the information given I assume there is a missing ~ in front of
>> /Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx.
>>
>> Sorry I can't be more helpful.
>>
>>
>> According to answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/583988/13492, the
>> issue is my biblatex installation not being up to date. But:
>>
>> - I have run the TexLive Utility to keep everything up to date;
>>
>> - kpsewhich biblatex.sty leads me to the file version 3.16 dated
>> 2020/12/31, yet …
>>
>> - in the log (from a file listing) I see: biblatex.sty    2020/08/23
>> v3.15a programmable bibliographies (PK/MW)
>>
>> So I don’t know what to do to force use of biblatex 3.16.
>>
>> Yes, I unintentionally elided the ~ in the path to my
>> mylanguagestrings.lbx .
>>
>> ---
>> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101
>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I believe that the log file gives the full path to biblatex.sty at the
>> point where it's being loaded; e.g., for a sample file I see
>>
>> ...
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty
>> Package: biblatex 2020/12/31 v3.16 programmable bibliographies (PK/MW)
>> ...
>>
>> Are you sure you're using TeX Live 2020?
>>
>> You could use TLU to force a re-install of biblatex if really needed.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> herbs at wideopenwest.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101
>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334
>>
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