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

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 30.10.2008 um 01:14 schrieb Matthias Geissbuehler:

> no it still doesn't work... same error:  :-(


Did you install only a basic Mac TeX? This could explain why  
kpsewhich can't find the BiBTeX STyle file – because it's not  
included (what I don't know for sure), but since you have all these  
shelah files in one directory, bibtex should find listb.bib – except  
it's a follow-up error! So it looks as if bibtex has problems. Do you  
have any environment variables defined? The command "env | egrep 'TEX| 
BIB'" would reveal them ...

Finally you could check with these commands whether your system is  
set up correctly:

	kpsewhich -show-path=bst | tr ':' '\n' | sort
	kpsewhich -show-path=bib | tr ':' '\n' | sort

They should produce this

	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/bibtex/bst//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/bibtex/csf//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config/bibtex/bst//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config/bibtex/csf//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/bibtex/csf//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/bibtex/bst//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/bibtex/csf//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/bibtex/bst//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/bibtex/csf//
	.
	/Users/myUserName/.texlive2008/texmf-config/bibtex/bst//
	/Users/myUserName/.texlive2008/texmf-config/bibtex/csf//
	/Users/myUserName/.texlive2008/texmf-var/bibtex/bst//
	/Users/myUserName/.texlive2008/texmf-var/bibtex/csf//
	/Users/myUserName/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst//
	/Users/myUserName/Library/texmf/bibtex/csf//

or that output:

	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/bibtex/bib//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config/bibtex/bib//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/bibtex/bib//
	!!/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/bibtex/bib//
	.
	/Users/myUserName/.texlive2008/texmf-config/bibtex/bib//
	/Users/myUserName/.texlive2008/texmf-var/bibtex/bib//
	/Users/myUserName/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib//

The output lists the directories where BST or BIB are found by TeX.  
Those entries starting with !! are not really searched, files in  
these system areas are only looked-up in "hash files." The final //  
stands for recursively search (or look-up) all sub-directories. The  
single line "." stands for "here," i.e., the directory where the file  
being TeX'ed lies.

Can you check

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