[OS X TeX] strange biblatex error - should I run mktexlsr?

[Murray Eisenberg]

> On 18 Feb2021, at 5:35 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 4:08 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Aha! 
>> 
>> [~] locate biblatex.sty
>> 
>> /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/lwarp/lwarp-biblatex.sty
>> /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/udesoftec/udesoftec-biblatex.sty
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-software/software-biblatex.sty
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lwarp/lwarp-biblatex.sty
>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/udesoftec/udesoftec-biblatex.sty
>> 
>> So perhaps I need to adjust my $PATH. Questions, then:
>> 
>> (1) Is that shell variable $PATH read when latex processes a .tex file by means of the TeXShop typesetting command?
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>> (2) If so, what would I put first on the $PATH: just /usr/local/texlive/2020 ?
>> 
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Didn't running `kpsewhich biblatex.sty` in Terminal return the correct biblatex.sty? If so the PATH varlable should be ok. What do you get when you execute `echo $PATH` in Terminal?
> 

To begin, there’s a question as to which kpsewhich is being used! I have some TeX stuff installed in MacPorts (inside /opt).

	locate kpsewhich

Output includes:

/opt/local/bin/kpsewhich
/opt/local/libexec/texlive/binaries/kpsewhich
/opt/local/libexec/texlive/texbin/kpsewhich
/usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/kpsewhich

But this looks OK:

	which kpsewhich
/Library/TeX/texbin/kpsewhich

And, indeed:

	kpsewhich biblatex.sty
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty

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