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levesque
Asked: 2012-03-08 10:04:36 +0800 CST

biblatex package recommends biber (>= 0.9), but it doesn't exist

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I'm not sure I understand what this means. How can Ubuntu recommend something that isn't in the repository? Am I supposed to fetch the source code and install myself? Why isn't there a biber package?

To be clear, I can use biblatex without biber, but it preferable to use them together.

Update: OK, I guess I'll download the biber source. I'd rather not install the whole texlive, because it's cumbersome to say the least.

By the way, biber is a terrible package name - when searching for it on Google I keep getting it corrected to Bieber, argh.

package-management latex 11.10

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    How can Ubuntu recommend something that isn't in the repository?

    I would agree, if it would be a dependency. But a recommendation is not that strong that it breaks something.

    Biber is not included, because it is not stable and still experimental.

    Here are some links, how to install vanilla TeXLive (incl. biber)

    Installing “vanilla” TeXLive
    TeXLive on Debian/Ubuntu
    Installing TeXLive

    Ubuntu 12.04 uses biblatex version 1.7-1; you can verify this by running:

    apt-cache show biblatex

    According to the biber documentation, the last biber release to support biblatex 1.7 is biber 0.9.9.

    You can download the appropriate version of biber 0.9.9—32bit or 64bit—here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/0.9.9/binaries/Linux/

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