BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ biblatex | Package not found

[rizias]

Hello everyone,

I am fairly new user of LaTeX and I want to ask something about referencing that you will have probably heard again.

I am trying to change my references style to IEEE format,more precise I want to change the title from bibliography to references. I've tried to use the \usepackage[style=ieee]{biblatex} and \bibliographystyle{ieeetr} but I get the following error message:

LaTeX Error: File `biblatex.sty' not found.

I am pretty sure that I am doing something very silly. I would be glad if someone could sow me in a few steps (if there are a few of them) How can I do that I want? I am sorry if I did not mentioned, I am working in the 'book' class.


Best Regards
George

[localghost]

You need to install biblatex by the package manager of your TeX distribution.

And kindly give some feedback on proposed solutions to your questions.


Thorsten

[rizias]

You need to install biblatex by the package manager of your TeX distribution.

And kindly give some feedback on proposed solutions to your questions.


Thorsten

I am not really sure how i should do that.I am searching on the web.
Can you please give some more info?

[localghost]

How are we supposed to know that if you don't tell us which teX distribution you are using? Only you know which TeX system is installed on your machine. Please provide useful information independently and not only on demand. m(

[…] Can you please give some more info?

You first.

[rizias]

How are we supposed to know that if you don't tell us which teX distribution you are using? Only you know which TeX system is installed on your machine. Please provide useful information independently and not only on demand. m(

[…] Can you please give some more info?

You first.

If i understand what you want me to tell you is the version of 'editor' that i am using which is texmaker,and miktex....

[localghost]

Maintenance of a MiKTeX installation is described in its manual [1]. Just start the MiKTeX Package Manager (MPM) from the »Start« menu and install the package according to the instructions in the manual.

Actually MiKTeX should start the automatic package installation mechanism in case it detects a missing package. Seems that this is not set correspondingly in the MiKTeX Options (MO).

[1] MiKTeX 2.9 Manual

[rizias]

Maintenance of a MiKTeX installation is described in its manual [1]. Just start the MiKTeX Package Manager (MPM) from the »Start« menu and install the package according to the instructions in the manual.

Actually MiKTeX should start the automatic package installation mechanism in case it detects a missing package. Seems that this is not set correspondingly in the MiKTeX Options (MO).

[1] MiKTeX 2.9 Manual

I could not find anything like biblatex in the MPO but instead some other packages like bibref.Although,after installing miktex 2.9 i haven't had any problem with biblatex (i mean no message that was not found) but the \bibliographystyle{ieeetr} is not still recognized.
Is it because i am writing in a book environment?Should i install something missing?
Is there any simpler way of changing the name from bibliography to references and skip all that procedure?
Thank you in advance for your reply.

[niteshs]

Hello rizias,

As far as I know, \bibliographystyle is a bibtex command and not used with the biblatex package.

The [style=ieee] package option (that you are already using) sets the citation and bibliography style.

So instead of

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\bibliographystyle{<stylename>}
\bibliography{<bibliodatabase>}

you include in the preamble:

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\addbibresourse{<bibliodatabase>}

and get the bibliography using simply:

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\printbibliography

I am sure you will find the biblatex manual very helpful. Good luck!

[rizias]

Hello rizias,

As far as I know, \bibliographystyle is a bibtex command and not used with the biblatex package.

The [style=ieee] package option (that you are already using) sets the citation and bibliography style.

So instead of

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\bibliographystyle{<stylename>}
\bibliography{<bibliodatabase>}

you include in the preamble:

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\addbibresourse{<bibliodatabase>}

and get the bibliography using simply:

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\printbibliography

I am sure you will find the biblatex manual very helpful. Good luck!

I am sorry for that silly question but what do you mean by 'bibliodatabase'?Is that the ieeetr that i was using?If it is that it doesn't work in my case....

[niteshs]

what do you mean by 'bibliodatabase'?Is that the ieeetr that i was using?

by {<bibliodatabase>} I mean't the name of your .bib file which contains the list of bibtex formatted references (which you want to refer to in your document).