dmg
files for MacOS and msi
files for Windows), run them and follow the on-screen instructions.choco install jabref
to get the latest version. On Ubuntu, you can use snap install jabref
to get the latest stable version from snapcraft.tar.gz
files for Linux and MacOS, and zip
files for Windows) which need to be extracted. Inside the archive files you will find the file needed to run JabRef:JabRef.exe
.bin/JabRef
/lib/runtime/bin/JabRef
.JabRef.app
.bin
, it will not start. Other names are fine, like apps
.dmg
files for MacOS and exe
files for Windows), run them and follow the instructions.JabRef-X.Y.portable_windows.zip
, JabRef-X.Y.portable_macos.tar.gz
, or JabRef-X.Y.portable_linux.tar.gz
) from builds.jabref.org/master to ensure that both versions do not conflict.WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0x80000002. Windows RegCreateKeyEx(...) returned error code 5.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Prefs
. [source]jar
-archives to be present. For this, you have to install the package libreoffice-java-common
.java -Dglass.gtk.uiScale=1.5 -jar <application>.jar
. If you have installed JabRef via a package manager, you probably don't have a .jar
file but a binary file. In this case, you need to find your JabRef.cfg
in your installation folder (possibly located at /opt/JabRef/lib/app/JabRef.cfg
) and add in the section [JavaOptions]
the line -Dglass.gtk.uiScale=1.5
. Then, restart JabRef. Try finding a value that is suitable for you. On high resolution displays, values around 1.5
seem to be reasonable.jabref
directory, change directory to jabref
, initialize and update all the submodules (dependencies) of JabRef, assemble them to be built via JDK and finally build and link them together.build/image
subdirectory that contains the JabRef binary with all of its Java dependencies. To start JabRef, you need to run bin/JabRef
(in Linux and MacOS) or bin/JabRef.bat
(in Windows) under build/image
subdirectory.