1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY biber-download-http "http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/&biber-version;/biblatex-biber.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY biber-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY biber-md5sum "aa2857f3a4b0c2ab2dfe3c4f657cbb50">
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10 | <!ENTITY biber-size "2.0 MB">
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11 | <!-- for 1.9/2.9a buildsize includes extra space used by biblatex -->
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12 | <!ENTITY biber-buildsize "25 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY biber-time "less than 0.1 SBU (0.6 SBU to run the tests)">
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14 |
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15 | <!-- biblatex directory is 2.9, filename is 2.9a -->
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16 | <!ENTITY biblatex-download-http "http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex/files/biblatex-&biblatex-version;/biblatex-&biblatex-version;a.tds.tgz">
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17 | <!ENTITY biblatex-download-ftp "">
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18 | <!ENTITY biblatex-md5sum "955662dca33f8256933745c51ccd0af9">
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19 | <!ENTITY biblatex-size "18 MB">
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20 |
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21 | ]>
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22 |
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23 | <sect1 id="biber" xreflabel="biber-&biber-version;">
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24 | <?dbhtml filename="biber.html"?>
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25 |
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26 | <sect1info>
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27 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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28 | <date>$Date$</date>
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29 | </sect1info>
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30 |
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31 | <title>biblatex-biber-&biber-version;</title>
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32 |
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33 | <indexterm zone="biber">
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34 | <primary sortas="a-biber">Biber</primary>
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35 | </indexterm>
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36 |
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37 | <sect2 role="package">
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38 | <title>Introduction to biber</title>
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39 |
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40 | <para>Biber is a BibTeX replacement for users of biblatex, written in
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41 | <application>Perl</application>. Unusually, the tarball itself is
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42 | called just biblatex-biber.tar.gz but it will extract to a versioned
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43 | directory. Please ensure you download it from the correct versioned
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44 | directory at sourceforge.</para>
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45 |
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46 | <para>This version fixes a problem when certain UTF-8 codepoints are
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47 | used in the "key" value of a bibliography entry and current
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48 | <application>perl</application> is used. It is shipped in current binary
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49 | versions of <application>texlive</application> but requires a newer
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50 | version of <application>biblatex</application> than is in the
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51 | <application>texlive</application> source.</para>
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52 |
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53 | &lfs77_checked;
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54 |
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55 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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56 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&biber-download-http;"/></para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&biber-download-ftp;"/></para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &biber-md5sum;</para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>Download size: &biber-size;</para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &biber-buildsize;</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>Estimated build time: &biber-time;</para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | </itemizedlist>
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76 |
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Required Additional Download</bridgehead>
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78 |
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79 | <para>The corresponding version of <application>biblatex</application> is
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80 | a separate project - the tds version is pre-packaged for untarring into
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81 | the <filename class="directory">texmf-dist</filename> directory.</para>
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82 |
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83 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&biblatex-download-http;"/></para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | <listitem>
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88 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &biblatex-md5sum;</para>
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89 | </listitem>
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90 | <listitem>
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91 | <para>Download size: &biblatex-size;</para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | </itemizedlist>
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94 |
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95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Biber Dependencies</bridgehead>
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96 |
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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98 | <para role="required">
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99 | <xref linkend="perl-autovivification"/>
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100 | <xref linkend="perl-business-isbn"/>
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101 | <xref linkend="perl-business-ismn"/>
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102 | <xref linkend="perl-business-issn"/>
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103 | <xref linkend="perl-data-compare"/>
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104 | <xref linkend="perl-data-dump"/>
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105 | <xref linkend="perl-date-simple"/>
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106 | <xref linkend="perl-encode-eucjpascii"/>
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107 | <xref linkend="perl-encode-hanextra"/>
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108 | <xref linkend="perl-encode-jis2k"/>
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109 | <xref linkend="perl-file-slurp"/>
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110 | <xref linkend="perl-ipc-run3"/>
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111 | <xref linkend="perl-log-log4perl"/>
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112 | <xref linkend="perl-lwp"/>
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113 | <xref linkend="perl-list-allutils"/>
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114 | <xref linkend="perl-regexp-common"/>
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115 | <xref linkend="perl-text-bibtex"/>
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116 | <!-- Collate.pm ships in perl, but is sometimes too old, and we like current
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117 | versions. Make the latest version required so that everyone is using the
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118 | same version -->
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119 | <xref linkend="perl-unicode-collate"/>
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120 | <xref linkend="perl-unicode-linebreak"/>
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121 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-libxml-simple"/>
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122 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-libxslt"/>
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123 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-writer"/> and
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124 | <!-- biblatex requires that the texmf directories already exist -->
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125 | <xref linkend="texlive"/>
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126 | </para>
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127 |
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128 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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129 | <para role="required">
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130 | <xref linkend="perl-readonly-xs"/>, and
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131 | <xref linkend="perl-file-which"/> (to run the testsuite)
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132 | </para>
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133 |
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134 | <!-- commented while separate biblatex is used
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135 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (at runtime)</bridgehead>
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136 | <para role="optional">
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137 | <xref linkend="texlive"/>
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138 | </para> -->
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139 |
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140 | <note>
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141 | <para>
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142 | It is possible to install (all) missing dependencies automatically.
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143 | Begin by running <command>perl ./Build.PL</command> and then when it
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144 | prompts you, become the root user and run
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145 | <command>./Build installdeps</command>
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146 | </para>
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147 | </note>
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148 |
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149 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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150 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/biber'/></para>
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151 |
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152 | </sect2>
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153 |
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154 | <sect2 role="installation">
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155 | <title>Installation of Biber</title>
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156 |
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157 | <para>Install <application>Biber</application> by running the following
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158 | commands:</para>
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159 |
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160 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/use Encode;/&\nuse File::Slurp;\nuse File::Spec;/' \
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161 | lib/Biber/LaTeX/Recode.pm &&
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162 | perl ./Build.PL &&
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163 | ./Build.PL</userinput></screen>
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164 |
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165 | <para>To test the results, enter: <command>./Build test</command></para>
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166 |
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167 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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168 |
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169 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xf ../biblatex-&biblatex-version;a.tds.tgz -C /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist &&
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170 | texhash &&
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171 | ./Build install</userinput></screen>
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172 |
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173 | </sect2>
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174 |
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175 | <sect2 role="commands">
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176 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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177 |
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178 | <para>
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179 | <parameter>sed -i 's/use Encode;/&\nuse File::Slurp;\nuse File::Spec;/' ...</parameter>:
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180 | this sed fixes a runtime error with current <application>perl</application>.
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181 | </para>
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182 |
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183 | <para>
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184 | <parameter>tar -xf biblatex-&biblatex-version;a.tds.tar.gz -C
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185 | /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist</parameter>:
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186 | this installs the new <application>biblatex</application> files over the
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187 | previous version.
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188 | </para>
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189 |
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190 | <para>
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191 | <parameter>texhash</parameter> : this updates the file hash tables (otherwise
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192 | known as the file name database).
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193 | </para>
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194 |
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195 | </sect2>
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196 |
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197 | <sect2 role="content">
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198 | <title>Contents</title>
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199 |
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200 | <segmentedlist>
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201 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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202 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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203 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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204 |
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205 | <seglistitem>
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206 | <seg>biber</seg>
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207 | <seg>None</seg>
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208 | <seg>/usr/lib/site_perl/5.*/Biber</seg>
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209 | </seglistitem>
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210 | </segmentedlist>
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211 |
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212 | <variablelist>
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213 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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214 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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215 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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216 |
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217 | <varlistentry id="biber-prog">
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218 | <term><command>biber</command></term>
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219 | <listitem>
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220 | <para>is used for producing bibliographies in LaTeX documents.</para>
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221 | <indexterm zone="biber biber-prog">
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222 | <primary sortas="b-biber">biber</primary>
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223 | </indexterm>
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224 | </listitem>
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225 | </varlistentry>
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226 |
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227 | </variablelist>
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228 |
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229 | </sect2>
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230 |
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231 | </sect1>
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