Compile LaTeX with BibTeX and glossaries

Question

i need a little of help here. Till now wat I now is that to compile a latex into a pdf with bibtex references i need to execute the next sequence:

1. pdflatex document.tex
2. bibtex document.tex
3. pdflatex document.tex
4. pdflatex document.tex

and for glossaries i need to:

5. pdflatex document.tex
6. makeglossaries document
7. pdflatex document
8. pdflatex document

and even in some places I've read that step 5 and 6 need to be repeated in some circumstances but i didn't understand them well, so my question are: what is the sequence of step to create the pdf with bibtex and with a glossary? I need to automate this so, in what specific circumstances, i need to re execute any of the step?

Answer 1

It's not really as complicated as you think. Just do:

 1. pdflatex document
 2. bibtex document
 3. makeglossaries document
 4. pdflatex document
 5. pdflatex document

It doesn't matter if you do step 3 before step 2 either.

Next you might want to take a look at the link TH posted if you're looking for a tool to automate the workflow.