Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
The author suggested that this may be an installation/configuration issue. In short, it was. I fixed the issue, but I do not know what the issue was. My resolution was to delete the AppData\local\miktex tree. The next time I ran biber, it worked. Thanks for the help! Dave -Original Message- From: Pétiard François via MiKTeX-Users Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 7:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Biber Le 18/09/2025 à 12:56, [email protected] a écrit : > No output. It just hangs. > > Mmmh... If I type biber -V in console (Windows10), I have : Usage: biber [options] file[.bcf] biber [options] --tool Creates "file.bbl" using control file "file.bcf" (".bcf" extension is optional). Normally use with biblatex requires no options as they are all set in biblatex and passed via the ".bcf" file In "tool" mode (see B<--tool> option), takes a datasource (defaults to "bibtex" datasource) and outputs a copy of the datasource with any command-line or config file options applied. Please run "biber --help" for option details If you have nothing, maybe the installation of biber is just bad ? François ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
Le 18/09/2025 à 12:56, [email protected] a écrit : No output. It just hangs. Mmmh... If I type biber -V in console (Windows10), I have : Usage: biber [options] file[.bcf] biber [options] --tool Creates "file.bbl" using control file "file.bcf" (".bcf" extension is optional). Normally use with biblatex requires no options as they are all set in biblatex and passed via the ".bcf" file In "tool" mode (see B<--tool> option), takes a datasource (defaults to "bibtex" datasource) and outputs a copy of the datasource with any command-line or config file options applied. Please run "biber --help" for option details If you have nothing, maybe the installation of biber is just bad ? François ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
No output. It just hangs. -Original Message- From: Pétiard François Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 3:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Biber Hello Can you try to execute biber in a command line with switch -V ? Best regards François Le 18/09/2025 à 00:15, [email protected] a écrit : > Hello, > I just re-installed MikTex from scratch. I ran the console and > performed all of the updates. Thus, I should be current. I am running > on Windows 11 64-bit. My issue is that biber seems to just freeze. It > just hangs until I terminate it via CTRL-C. I know my .bib file is > correct. I ran BibTeX on it and it is happy with the file. I would > stick with BibTex, except that the biblatex package with the style=apa option > requires biber. > Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround? > Thanks, > Dave > > > > > > > > > ___ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
Hello Can you try to execute biber in a command line with switch -V ? Best regards François Le 18/09/2025 à 00:15, [email protected] a écrit : Hello, I just re-installed MikTex from scratch. I ran the console and performed all of the updates. Thus, I should be current. I am running on Windows 11 64-bit. My issue is that biber seems to just freeze. It just hangs until I terminate it via CTRL-C. I know my .bib file is correct. I ran BibTeX on it and it is happy with the file. I would stick with BibTex, except that the biblatex package with the style=apa option requires biber. Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround? Thanks, Dave ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
I may be confused, but I thought that biber was one of the two biblatex backends. Can biblatex run without a backend? From: Paul Thompson Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 3:34 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Biber Pretty sure that biber is deprecated in favor of biblatex. https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Bibliography_management_in_LaTeX Paul A Thompson On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello, I just re-installed MikTex from scratch. I ran the console and performed all of the updates. Thus, I should be current. I am running on Windows 11 64-bit. My issue is that biber seems to just freeze. It just hangs until I terminate it via CTRL-C. I know my .bib file is correct. I ran BibTeX on it and it is happy with the file. I would stick with BibTex, except that the biblatex package with the style=apa option requires biber. Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround? Thanks, Dave ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
I probably am more confused since I haven't done much with latex lately. What I'd do is reset from the ground up. P On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM wrote: > I may be confused, but I thought that biber was one of the two biblatex > backends. Can biblatex run without a backend? > > > > > > *From:* Paul Thompson > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2025 3:34 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MiKTeX] Biber > > > > Pretty sure that biber is deprecated in favor of biblatex. > > > > https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Bibliography_management_in_LaTeX > > > > Paul A Thompson > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM wrote: > > Hello, > I just re-installed MikTex from scratch. I ran the console and > performed all of the updates. Thus, I should be current. I am running on > Windows 11 64-bit. My issue is that biber seems to just freeze. It just > hangs until I terminate it via CTRL-C. I know my .bib file is correct. I > ran > BibTeX on it and it is happy with the file. I would stick with BibTex, > except that the biblatex package with the style=apa option requires biber. > Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround? > Thanks, > Dave > > > > > > > > > ___ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list > > ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
Re: [MiKTeX] Biber
Pretty sure that biber is deprecated in favor of biblatex. https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Bibliography_management_in_LaTeX Paul A Thompson On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM wrote: > Hello, > I just re-installed MikTex from scratch. I ran the console and > performed all of the updates. Thus, I should be current. I am running on > Windows 11 64-bit. My issue is that biber seems to just freeze. It just > hangs until I terminate it via CTRL-C. I know my .bib file is correct. I > ran > BibTeX on it and it is happy with the file. I would stick with BibTex, > except that the biblatex package with the style=apa option requires biber. > Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround? > Thanks, > Dave > > > > > > > > > ___ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list > ___ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See https://miktex.org/faq/how-can-i-leave-the-mailing-list
