BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ biblatex | Bibliography Error

[ahmedlasheen]

I have problem in compilation minmal example about bibliography.when i compile the following code

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{biblatex}
	
\begin{document}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{ref}

\end{document}

and the ref.bib file is

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@Article{Narendra_1990,
  author =       {K.S.Narendra and K.Parthsarathy},
  title =        {Identification and Control of Dynamical System
                  using Neural Networks},
  journal =      "IEENN",
  year =         {1990},
  volume =    {1},
  number =    {1},
  month =     {},
  pages =     {4-27},
  note =      {},
  annote =    {}
}

i found the following error
! Package biblatex Error: '\bibliographystyle' invalid.
! Package biblatex Error: '\bibliography' invalid at this point.
I am using Latex 2009 and texmaker on Fedora 15.

[josephwright]

You are using a 'tradition' approach to a BibTeX bibiliography. Biblatex does not work that way: I suggest you read some of the biblatex examples.

[ahmedlasheen]

can you give me minimal example?

[josephwright]

For example, the biblatex exmaple file '30-style-numeric.tex'

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%
% This file presents the 'numeric' style
%
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=numeric,subentry]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
% Some generic settings.
\newcommand{\cmd}[1]{\texttt{\textbackslash #1}}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}

\section*{The \texttt{numeric} style}

This style prints numeric citations in square brackets. It is
similar to the standard bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX
and to the \texttt{plain.bst} style of legacy BibTeX.

\subsection*{\cmd{cite} examples}

\cite{companion}

\cite[59]{companion}

\cite[see][]{companion}

\cite[see][59--63]{companion}

\subsection*{\cmd{parencite} examples}

% With the numeric style, the \parencite command is similar to \cite
% at first glance, but the placement of the prenote argument is
% different.

This is just filler text \parencite{companion}.

This is just filler text \parencite[59]{companion}.

This is just filler text \parencite[see][]{companion}.

This is just filler text \parencite[see][59--63]{companion}.

\subsection*{\cmd{textcite} examples}

% The \textcite command is intended for citations integrated in the
% flow of text, replacing the subject of the sentence.

\textcite{companion} show that this is just filler text.

\textcite[59]{companion} show that this is just filler text.

\textcite[see][]{companion} show that this is just filler text.

\textcite[see][59--63]{companion} show that this is just filler text.

\subsection*{\cmd{supercite} examples}

This is just filler text.\supercite{companion}

\subsection*{\cmd{autocite} examples}

% By default, the \autocite command works like \parencite.

This is just filler text \autocite{companion}.

\subsection*{Multiple citations}

% By default, a list of multiple citations is not sorted. You can
% enable sorting by setting the 'sortcites' package option.

\cite{companion,augustine,bertram,cotton,hammond,massa,murray}

\subsection*{Reference sets}

% Reference sets are cited like any other item:

\cite{set,hammond,stdmodel,massa,murray}

% Note that this style provides a package option called 'subentry'
% which affects the handling of citations referring to members of
% a reference set. If this option is enabled, such citations get an
% extra letter which identifies the member (it is also printed in
% the bibliography):

\cite{glashow,yoon,salam,aksin}

% Note that this options is disabled by default but has been enabled
% in this example. If disabled, citations referring to a set member
% will point to the set, i.e., the above citations would be similar
% to this one:

\cite{set,stdmodel}

% The list of references

\clearpage
\printbibliography

\end{document}

[ahmedlasheen]

thanks ,

i compile it and it give the following error .

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! Undefined control sequence.
<recently read> \addbibresource
l.10 \addbibresource
{ref}

can you also attach the bib file .

[localghost]

Your version of biblatex is outdated. Get an update by using the package manager of your TeX distribution.


Thorsten

[ahmedlasheen]

Thanks for your reply,
i am using TexLive 2010.

[localghost]

So, use the TeX Live Manager (tlmgr) which comes with this distribution.

[ahmedlasheen]

when i run the following command
tlmgr update --all
it give me

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tlmgr: package repository http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
TeX Live 2010 is frozen and will not be
updated anymore.  This happens in preparation for a new release.

If you're interested in helping to pretest the new release (when
pretests are available), please read http://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html.
Otherwise, just wait, and the new release will be ready in due time.
Updates for tlmgr itself are present.
===============================================================================
Please update the package manager first, via either
  tlmgr update --self
or by getting the latest updater for Unix-ish systems:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh
and/or Windows systems:
  http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.exe
Then continue with other updates.
===============================================================================
/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr: Exiting, please read above warning.

and when i type the command tlmgr update --self

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tlmgr: package repository http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
TeX Live 2010 is frozen forever and will no
longer be updated.  This happens in preparation for a new release.

If you're interested in helping to pretest the new release (when
pretests are available), please read http://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html.
Otherwise, just wait, and the new release will be ready in due time.
tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2010/tlpkg/backups
tlmgr: no updates for tlmgr present.
tlmgr: no updates available

[localghost]

Oh, sorry. I have forgotten that TeX Live 2010 is frozen, thus a subsequent installation or update of packages this way is not possible any more. It is said that TeX Live 2011 is to be released in the near future.

For the present you could download the package from CTAN and put it in the working directory of your document as a temporary solution.