BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Bibtex problems not running

[peaches20]

Hi,

This is my first time with bibtex and I am having problems. I am using linux with \documentclass. I am not quite sure what the sequence of order is for running.

I have the setup

\thebibliography{plain}
\bibliography{name.bib}

and am using pdflatex. Once I run pdflatex what is the sequence for incorporating the bibtex file?

Thanks,
Peaches

[Johannes_B]

If you main document is called main.tex, you have to run bibtex main in your working directory.

You also have to get rid of the file extension in the \bibliography line.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Peaches!

Do you use a LaTeX editor? Which one?

If you compile at the command prompt, that is, in a terminal window, it goes like

pdflatex main
bibtex main
pdflatex main
pdflatex main

These several runs to resolve all cross-references with page numbers.

Stefan