BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ biblatex | Styles not found

[vgXhc]

Hi,
I've currently updated from MikTeX 2.8 to 2.9 and am now having problems with installing/loading packages. I want to use biblatex-chicago and have installed it with the package manager. Using XeLaTeX (I've tried normal LaTeX, too), I only get a

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! LaTeX Error: File `biblatex-chicago.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,

I've tried uninstalling and re-installing; uninstalling and having MikTeX install the package on the fly; installing a different biblatex package (biblatex-mla); updating the FNDB: all to no avail. Installing random other packages (e.g. siunitx) does work.

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\documentclass[letterpaper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[notes,backend=biber]{biblatex-chicago}
\begin{document}
 Lorem ipsum
\end{document}

Does anyone have an idea what could cause this?
Thanks,
Harald.

[josephwright]

You want

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\usepackage[style=chicago,notes,backend=biber]{biblatex}

as styles are loaded not as separate packages but as configurations for biblatex itself.

[vgXhc]

You want

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\usepackage[style=chicago,notes,backend=biber]{biblatex}

as styles are loaded not as separate packages but as configurations for biblatex itself.

Thanks for the quick response, but this doesn't solve the issue. The biblatex-chicago documentation allows loading the package directly, and when using your code I basically get the same error:

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ERROR: Package biblatex Error: Style 'chicago' not found.

--- TeX said ---

See the biblatex package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.10291 \RequireBibliographyStyle{\blx@bbxfile}
                                               
--- HELP ---
From the .log file...

The bibliography style 'chicago' could not be found.

Any other ideas what could be the problem?

Harald.

[mcswell]

I have exactly the same problem. My minimal file (very similar to the OP's) is this.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=biblatex-chicago.sty]{biblatex}
\begin{document}
blah blah \cite{Bauer2010} blah blah
\printbibliography
\end{document}

I get the same error:

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Package biblatex Error: Style 'biblatex-chicago.sty' not found
See the biblatex package documentation for expl
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...
l.10711 \RequireBibliographyStyle{\blx@bbxfile}

Running

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kpsewhich biblatex-chicago.sty

returns

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/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.sty

Using chicago in place of biblatex-chicago results in the analogous error.

I'm using TexLive 2013.

[localghost]

The example given by the OP works just fine for me. I added \listfiles as very first line and obtain this list of used files. Compare with yours and do an update if necessary.

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 *File List*
 article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
csquotes.sty    2011/10/22 v5.1d context-sensitive quotations
etoolbox.sty    2011/01/03 v2.1 e-TeX tools for LaTeX
    etex.sty    1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB)
  keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
csquotes.def    2011/10/22 v5.1d csquotes generic definitions
csquotes.cfg    
   babel.sty    2013/05/16 v3.9f The Babel package
 english.ldf    2012/08/20 v3.3p English support from the babel system
biblatex-chicago.sty    2013/03/12 v 2.5 biblatex style
biblatex.sty    2013/07/15 v2.7a programmable bibliographies (PK/JW/AB)
biblatex2.sty    2013/07/15 v2.7a programmable bibliographies (biber) (PK/JW/AB
)
kvoptions.sty    2011/06/30 v3.11 Key value format for package options (HO)
 ltxcmds.sty    2011/11/09 v1.22 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
kvsetkeys.sty    2012/04/25 v1.16 Key value parser (HO)
infwarerr.sty    2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO)
etexcmds.sty    2011/02/16 v1.5 Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands (HO)
ifluatex.sty    2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
  logreq.sty    2010/08/04 v1.0 xml request logger
  logreq.def    2010/08/04 v1.0 logreq spec v1.0
  ifthen.sty    2001/05/26 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
     url.sty    2006/04/12  ver 3.3  Verb mode for urls, etc.
  blx-dm.def
chicago-notes.dbx
biblatex-dm.cfg
blx-compat.def    2013/07/15 v2.7a biblatex compatibility (PK/JW/AB)
biblatex.def    
chicago-notes.bbx    2013/03/12 v 2.5 biblatex bibliography style
chicago-notes.cbx    2013/03/12 v 2.5 biblatex citation style
biblatex.cfg    
 english.lbx    2013/07/15 v2.7a biblatex localization (PK/JW/AB)
american.lbx    2013/07/15 v2.7a biblatex localization (PK/JW/AB)
cms-american.lbx    2013/03/14 v 2.5 biblatex localization
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Thorsten

[mcswell]

I thought I tried that syntax, but now that I tried it again, it works. Not sure what I did wrong the first time... Anyway, thanks for your reply.