Script to prepare arXiv package of a document that depends on a recent texlive version of biblatex (using pdflatex)

make-arXiv-package.sh

#!/usr/bin/env  bash

# This script is useful if:
#  - you have a manuscript that you want to upload to the arXiv,
#  - you are using biblatex, and
#  - you are using a recent version of texlive while arXiv is still on texlive2011
#
# Put this file in a directory containing the manuscript you want to
# upload to arXiv.org, and adapt the paths below.

### Main parameters ###
# The main latex file of your document (without .tex):
MAIN=main
# latexmkrc output path
OUTPUT=output




INITIAL_PATH=$(pwd)

FILES_TO_COPY="*.bbx *.bib *.cbx *.cls *.dbx *.sty *.tex .latexmkrc img"

# You must have both versions of texlive2011 installed
TEXLIVE2011=/usr/local/texlive_2011

# Adapt these paths to your texlive2011 installation
# (especially $PATH in case you have a 32bit system)
PATH="$TEXLIVE2011/bin/x86_64-darwin:$PATH"
MANPATH="$TEXLIVE2011/texmf/doc/man:$MANPATH"
INFOPATH="$TEXLIVE2011/texmf/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
TEXMFHOME="$TEXLIVE2011/texmf"
TEXMFCNF="$TEXLIVE2011/texmf/web2c"

# This should point to the biber or bibtex executable of texlive2015:
MAKE_BIB=/usr/bin/biber

DEPLOY_FOLDER=arxiv-package
DEPLOY_FILE_NAME=$DEPLOY_FOLDER.tgz

if [ ! -d "$TEXLIVE2011" ]
then
  echo "You must have texlive-2011 installed"
  exit
fi

# make a temporary directory "arXiv-package" and
# copy texlive2015's biblatex there
rm $DEPLOY_FILE_NAME
rm -rf $DEPLOY_FOLDER
mkdir $DEPLOY_FOLDER
cp -R $FILES_TO_COPY $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xstring/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/bbx/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/cbx/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-ieee/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/caption/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/cleveref/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/
cp /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/* $DEPLOY_FOLDER/

pushd $DEPLOY_FOLDER

# Run texlive2011's latexmk, but without bibtex/biber
latexmk -bibtex- $MAIN

# Run current bibtex/biber
$MAKE_BIB $MAIN

# Run texlive2011's latexmk again, without bibtex/biber
latexmk -bibtex- $MAIN

# Remove files that arxiv does not want
rm $OUTPUT/*.aux $OUTPUT/*.bcf $OUTPUT/*.log $OUTPUT/*.xml $OUTPUT/*.fdb_latexmk $OUTPUT/*.out $OUTPUT/*.fls $OUTPUT/$MAIN.pdf

# Remove output dir if empty
rmdir $OUTPUT 2> /dev/null

# Create .zip archive
shopt -s dotglob
tar -czvf $INITIAL_PATH/$DEPLOY_FILE_NAME *
shopt -u dotglob

popd

rm -rf $DEPLOY_FOLDER