[OS X TeX] BibTeX-Problem on Mac: couldn't open style file/ couldn't open database file

[Justin C. Walker]

On Oct 29, 2008, at 17:14 , Matthias Geissbuehler wrote:

>>> I have them all inside a folder:
>>> /Users/myUserName/downloads/test/
>> It might work when you move (drag) the test directory (folder) into /
>> Users/myUserName/Library/texmf.
>
> no it still doesn't work... same error:  :-(

A really stupid question, just to clear something up: in what  
directory did you put the .bst file?

It seems that kpsewhich (and presumably the TeX commands in general)  
are kind of persnickity about where they expect to find specific kinds  
of files.

If I put "fred.bst" into my local texmf tree (~/Library/texmf), I get  
the following from kpsewhich

~/Library/texmf/bibtex      Not Found
~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst  Found
~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib  Not Found

If I put "fred" (no ".bst") in either of those locations, it is not  
found.

HTH

Justin

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