Minimal Makefile for pdflatex bibtex with output-directory [duplicate]

Question

Does someone have a minimal Makefile, that compiles a latex document using

• pdflatex
• bibtex
• pdflatex
• pdflatex

while putting all ouput files in a special output-directory to avoid cluttering the root-directory?

Answer 1

There's another question like this here:

How do I run bibtex after using the -output-directory flag with pdflatex, when files are included from subdirectories?

Here's my (slightly edited) answer:

Now, running something like

mkdir OUT
TEXMFOUTPUT="OUT"
pdflatex --output-directory OUT myfile
bibtex OUT/myfile
pdflatex --output-directory OUT myfile
pdflatex --output-directory OUT myfile

produces the expected results, and is fully scriptable.

If you are getting the message:

bibtex: Not writing to  $TEXMFOUTPUT/src.blg (openout_any = p).

then you need the following little hack. The issue is that bibtex ability to write to $TEXMFOUTPUT is restricted to avoid file overwriting and the bibtex command returns an error message.

Open the file texmf.cnf, dunno about windows, but on linux:

/usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf (UBUNTU TEXLIVE)
/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf (ARCH LINUX TEXLIVE)

find the openout_any = p line and change it either to a for always or r for restricted (p stands for paranoid fyi).