you did not make a complete install of biblatex. It is much more than just that one style file. In linux, these are the installed files from biblatex:
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/usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/32-style-numeric-verb.pdf /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/73-style-verbose-inote.pdf /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/71-style-verbose-ibid.pdf /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/74-style-verbose-trad1.tex.gz /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/81-style-draft.tex /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/63-style-authortitle-icomp.pdf /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/01-introduction.tex.gz /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/02-annotations.tex /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/21-indexing-advanced.tex.gz /usr/share/doc/biblatex/examples/70-style-verbose.tex /usr/share/doc/biblatex/biblatex.pdf /usr/share/doc/biblatex/README.gz /usr/share/doc/biblatex/RELEASE.gz /usr/share/doc/biblatex/copyright /usr/share/doc/biblatex/README.Debian /usr/share/doc/texmf /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/biblatex On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:15 AM, E. Kaplan<ehud.kap...@mssm.edu> wrote: > I followed the Wiki instructions to install biblatex with Lyx 1.6.3 and > reconfigured, but when I try to compile a document I get: > LaTeX Error: File `biblatex.sty' not found. > I had copied the biblatex.sty file into a Miktex/tex/latex/biblatex folder > and rehashed the latex package database, but I am still getting the same > error. > In addition, I do not find the biblatex module in the > Document/settings/module list. > What am I doing wrong? > Thanks > EK > > > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
