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I'm trying to get biber to work, and for this I need the most updated version of biblatex.

I used the MikTex package manager

mpm --update=biblatex

(I also tried uninstalling and installing biblatex.) However, after restarting TeXworks and compiling using pdfLaTeX, the bcf file says 

bcf:controlfile version="2.6"

rather than the most current version which is 3.0. (Presumably, this is why biber (2.0) doesn't work.) What gives? What's the right way to update biblatex? Do I have to install biblatex manually?

My MikTex version is 2.9.

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  • First thing to do would be to check for duplicate files. You can update A as often as you like and see no difference if B is used. Commented May 1, 2015 at 20:24
  • miktex hasn't yet updated biblatex and biber. You will either have to update manually or wait until the next update day, or use biber 1.9. Commented May 1, 2015 at 20:35
  • @Ulrike Fischer This means that the package manager is a centralized system just managed by MikTeX? I just updated biblatex manually, using the instructions at tex.stackexchange.com/questions/84624/…. (FIrst I had to creaea local texmf tree: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/69483/…) Commented May 1, 2015 at 21:09
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    The bcf:controlfile version is not the same as either the biblatex or the Biber version. There is a correspondence between the bcf version and biblatex and Biber versions, though (bcf version 2.6 comes from biblatex v 2.9/Biber 1.9). MikTeX hasn't updated its repositories to biblatex 3.0/Biber 2.0 yet. I suggest you wait a few days until MikTeX also gets the new versions. Manual installs are often messy and can lead to malfunctions if done improperly. Commented May 2, 2015 at 6:36
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the problem has been fixed in the meantime. MikTeX now provides Biber 2.2. Commented Jun 13, 2015 at 7:10

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