> ________________________________________ > From: Richard Kimberly Heck [rikih...@lyx.org] > Sent: 13 July 2018 11:59 > To: Bravington, Mark (Data61, Hobart); lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: lyx 2.3.0 cannot find biblatex.sty so biblatex not working > > On 07/12/2018 08:44 PM, mark.braving...@data61.csiro.au wrote: > > With newly installed (upgraded) Lyx 2.3.0, whenever I try to add a Biblatex > > bibliography, I am getting this error box: > > > > Lyx: package not available > > The cite engine biblatex requires a package that is not available ... or a > > converter that you have not installed... > > Missing prerequisites: biblatex.sty > > ... > > > > Background: I've just updated to Lyx 2.3.0 via the Windows installer (for > > which, many thanks). A key reason for me to upgrade is the native Biblatex > > support. With Lyx 2.2, I got Biblatex working fine via the tricks described > > in the Lyx Wiki--- so my system is/was basically OK I reckon. But I can't > > get biblatex biblios going with Lyx 2.3.0. > > > > [snip] > > > > - The exact same issue has occurred on my two machines where I've just > > upgraded to Lyx 2.3. In one case, I did a complete Miktex reinstall *after* > > installing Lyx 2.3, but in the other I used my previous Miktex. Since I > > already had working Miktex 2.9 with Lyx 2.2, I used the Installer > > "LyX-230-Installer-6.exe", not the Bundle (then, on one machine, I > > re-installed Miktex directly). > > FYI, this is not the official installer. It's similar to that one, but > not quite the same. > > > - Tools->Tex_Information->Latex_styles does show "biblatex.sty". There are > > lots of entries in the "Biblatex citation styles" and "Biblatex > > bibliography styles", too. > > Weird. That means LyX should know you have that package. > > One suggestion would be to try with a fresh user directory. It's > possible there's something in the one you have that's left over from the > previous biblatex hackery. But it's hard to know. > > Riki
Yes--- that solved it, thanks. I haven't been able to work out exactly which the offending file(s) were, otherwise I would have listed them here. What I really wanted from the old userdir were some bind and ui files--- I have manually copied them (and edited them, since some Lyx functions have changed) into the new userdir, and things seem fine now. Mark
