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
