[Tex/LaTex] Why won’t the glossary print, using glossaries pkg

glossaries

I used \makeglossaries in the preamble. Defined my terms, and issued \printglossaries. I've been reading the manual but can't see what I'm missing:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\makeglossaries

\begin{document}

\newglossaryentry{flux}{name=Flux,
description={(1) The rate of flow of metabolites through a metabolic pathway.  (2) The rate of transport per unit of area.}}

\glsaddall

\printglossaries

\end{document}

Edit: it is true I don't actually use the glossary terms in the text body – this is purely a stand-alone glossary.

Best Answer

An actual answer this time:

Use makeglossaries <bare filename> and then recompile the document, and all should be well.

My understanding is that you must compile the document first, since this is what generates the files makeglossaries acts on.

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