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

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 18, 2021, at 4:08 PM, 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 ?
> 
> 

Howdy,

Didn't running `kpsewhich biblatex.sty` in Terminal return the correct biblatex.sty? If so the PATH varlable should be ok. What do you get when you execute `echo $PATH` in Terminal?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com


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