Re: Help with configuring BibTex in Lyx
On 2010-01-13, Gregory Toole wrote: > I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and LyX version 1.5.3. I am trying to get > started using BibTex in Lyx, but I am running into some problems. The > citations only come up as [?] in my documents when I generate pdf's > from Lyx. > So far, here is what I have done: I have set the BIBINPUTS and > BSTINPUTS environment variables to the folder where I keep my bib > files. I created a Bibtex file and inserted it into Lyx with > Insert-->List/TOC-->BibTex Bibliography. A gray box appears in my > document that says "BibTeX Generated Bibliography", and when I go to > put in citations, the keys that I have in my bibtex file appear, and I > can put in citations that are in the .bib file. So far so good. > However, when I click the generate pdf button, the citations only come > up as [?] in the document. I suspect that my problem may be that my > TEXINPUTS variable is not set. I am not sure what to set it to. I > believe the Latex packages I have installed are texlive. Could you > possibly help me get Bibtex working? Thank you so much! It could be some error in your *.bib database file. Try with a minimal example. Try with File>Export>LaTeX and running latex bibtex latex on the *.tex file "by hand" and watch the output. Günter
Help with configuring BibTex in Lyx
Hello, My name is Greg and I have been a Lyx user for some time now. I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and LyX version 1.5.3. I am trying to get started using BibTex in Lyx, but I am running into some problems. The citations only come up as [?] in my documents when I generate pdf's from Lyx. So far, here is what I have done: I have set the BIBINPUTS and BSTINPUTS environment variables to the folder where I keep my bib files. I created a Bibtex file and inserted it into Lyx with Insert-->List/TOC-->BibTex Bibliography. A gray box appears in my document that says "BibTeX Generated Bibliography", and when I go to put in citations, the keys that I have in my bibtex file appear, and I can put in citations that are in the .bib file. However, when I click the generate pdf button, the citations only come up as [?] in the document. I suspect that my problem may be that my TEXINPUTS variable is not set. I am not sure what to set it to. I believe the Latex packages I have installed are texlive. Could you possibly help me get Bibtex working? Thank you so much! Sincerely, Gregory Toole
