I do not know much about Ubuntu. I switched to Ubuntu from Debian few years ago just to have the same system as our students (we used to have Linux in our curricula). And as I experience some queer minor problems with Ubuntu 16.04, the more and more I am considering return home to Debian ;-) ... but definitely not before current semester is closed. Ales
cepek@biggy:~/work$ dpkg -l biber Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-====================== rc biber 2.3-1 all Much-augmented BibTeX replacement cepek@biggy:~/work$ cepek@biggy:~/work$ which biber /usr/local/bin/biber cepek@biggy:~/work$ biber --version biber version: 2.4 On 6 June 2016 at 10:42, Robert Bredereck <rbreder...@web.de> wrote: > Does Ubuntu have package maintainers like Debian has? If yes, could the > package maintainer please upgrade biber to 2.4? (Just take a copy from > yakkety development.) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565842 > > Title: > biber removes texlive-bibtex-extra > > Status in biber package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > It seems you can either install either texlive-bibtex-extra or biber > but not both. However, both packages are required in order to use > biber for bibliography management when compiling a LaTeX document. > > sudo apt-get install texlive-bibtex-extra biber > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > texlive-bibtex-extra is already the newest version (2015.20160320-1). > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies. > texlive-bibtex-extra : Breaks: biber (< 2.4) but 2.3-1 is to be > installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: biber (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: GNOME > Date: Mon Apr 4 17:07:58 2016 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-02 (124 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 > (20151027) > SourcePackage: biber > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/biber/+bug/1565842/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565842 Title: biber removes texlive-bibtex-extra To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/biber/+bug/1565842/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
