Reference Management

JabRef

BibTex files can be managed with a free software called JabRef

First I tried a few things including:

sudo apt-get install default-jre
sudo apt-get update

And:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

This messed stuff up and then I deleted all of my old java versions using:

sudo natilus

Ended up needing to follow this advice <http://askubuntu.com/questions/251213/unable-to-install-default-jdk >:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
java -version
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default

This finally worked and I was able to run JabRef with no problem using:

java -jar JabRef-3.8.jar

If something is broken:

sudo apt-get -f install

Using JabRef with LibreOffice

http://help.jabref.org/en/OpenOfficeIntegration http://homepage.usys.ethz.ch/eugsterw/knowhow/jabref-libreoffice/ ls $(which soffice) ls $(which soffice) -l locate libreoffice https://onetransistor.blogspot.com/2015/04/libreoffice-bibliography-jabref.html

http://homepage.usys.ethz.ch/eugsterw/knowhow/jabref-libreoffice/

cd /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice

febbo@febbo-HP-ZBook-17-G2:/usr/lib/libreoffice/program$ locate unoil.jar /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes/unoil.jar /usr/share/java/unoil.jar /usr/share/libreoffice/program/classes/unoil.jar

febbo@febbo-HP-ZBook-17-G2:/usr/lib/libreoffice/program$ locate jurt.jar /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes/jurt.jar /usr/share/java/jurt.jar

Need to make symbolic links to the following java files:

febbo@febbo-HP-ZBook-17-G2:/usr/share/libreoffice/ure-link/share/java$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes/jurt.jar febbo@febbo-HP-ZBook-17-G2:/usr/share/libreoffice/ure-link/share/java$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes/juh.jar febbo@febbo-HP-ZBook-17-G2:/usr/share/libreoffice/ure-link/share/java$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes/ridl.jar

EndNote

I still use this tool, but it costs money and I do not have it on Ubuntu.