Yes i was usually to use jabref + openoffice's plugin, but now with the
openoficce's passage to oracle i would like to use libreoffice also for linux
but i cant make the open office plugin work with libreoffice
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I have used the plugin with LibreOffice on Linux - it's just a matter of
giving the correct paths. On my LMDE installation it finds LibreOffice
automatically. I'm not sure about Windows, it's possible that this needs some
work there.
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I never got around to trying the JabRef OOo plugin with OOo. Did a quick try
with LibO 3.3 and JabRef 2.6 on MSWin7 Prof 64-bit just now - it worked fine
for me after a manual connect - this involves just pointing to the LibO
directory which was C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice in my case. The
default suggested style file may require a bit of work though to suit your
requirements.
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I have used the plugin with LibreOffice on Linux - it's just a matter of
giving the correct paths.
mortenalver, would you kindly let us know what you changed the paths to to
make it work? I'm not computer guru, but I've not been able to do it
successfully.
Currently (and incorrectly), mine are set to:
[Path to OpenOffice executable: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
Path to OpenOffice library dir: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3
Program version: OpenOffice.org 3.x
(I'm using it under Ubuntu 11.10, but it shouldn't be too different for LMDE
. . . I hope)
Thanks!
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My current installation is OpenSUSE 64 bit. The paths used by the plugin are
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin (for the executable) and
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/basis3.3 (library dir).
If this doesn't make sense for your system, try to run a "locate unoil.jar"
and tell me what the output is.
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If is also helps, the exact error message when trying to run the JABRef OOo
plugin (withthe settings I gave above) is:
===================
Could not connect to running OpenOffice.
Make sure you have the UNO jars (unoil.jar, juh.jar, jurt.jar ad rild.jar)
on your classplath,
as well as the OpenOffice bin directory.
Error message: /home/el/Documents/Research/default backup.sty (No such file
or directory)
===================
Essentially, I don't know if that final error message is relevant.
(This might be a red herring, but I looked in the
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/java-set-classpath file and found nothing about
those .jar files)
Thank you again for any help you can provide.
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I just noticed that a problem with loading the style file can lead to an error
message indicating a problem with connecting to OpenOffice/LibreOffice. The
error message shown in the previous post might indicate that this is happening
there, so what I'd do in that situation is first to make sure that the style
file selection is in order, then try to connect again.
In the next JabRef version the OpenOffice plugin will be integrated as a
standard part, and I'm working on streamlining style selection and (if
possible) connection. There will also be a default style available if no
external style file is selected.
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Critically, it was looking for a folder that didn't exist for the style file
(wanted /Documents/Research to exist, but that had been moved to
/Documents/Dropbox/Research).
Oddly, no style file need be in that /Documents/Research folder; it can be
empty and no error is returned anymore. The "Select style file" button in
JabRef doesn't work to select the style (it turns grey when clicked, but
nothing happens), so I can't customize it, but it's good enough.
Thanks again! : )
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I'm having a bit of trouble setting the paths properly in Ubuntu. I think I
located the executable properly in:
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
The library, on the other hand, is confounding me. Searching for "unoil.jar"
returns nada. Is there a file in the library directory I can search for to
figure out where the heck it is?
Thanks!
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Thanks for the response! Unfortunately, it does not seem to be cooperating on
my computer. The output to the error console isn't particularly helpful,
either, as I'm really not sure what it's saying:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/star/text/XTextRange
at net.sf.jabref.oo.OOTestPanel.run(OOTestPanel.java:495)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at spin.Invocation.evaluate(Invocation.java:175)
at spin.off.SpinOffEvaluator$1.run(SpinOffEvaluator.java:108)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.star.text.XTextRange
at org.java.plugin.standard.StandardPluginClassLoader.loadClass(StandardPluginClassLoader.java:378)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
... 8 more
On a side note, I'm running JabRef directly from the .jar file (rather than
installing it through apt) because I couldn't get it to find my PDFs when I
installed it through apt. I can't imagine why, but do you suppose that might
be part of the problem?
Thanks for the help!
Brian
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there is a way for make jabref working with Libreoffice?
Any progress? I would like to use LibreOffice + Jabref.
There exists a JabRef plugin for OpenOffice Writer though, if you don't mind:
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/OOPlugin-jabref.php
I guess, with manual coupling it should be possible to also link it up with
LibreOffice, but I never tried that.
on4aa
Yes i was usually to use jabref + openoffice's plugin, but now with the
openoficce's passage to oracle i would like to use libreoffice also for linux
but i cant make the open office plugin work with libreoffice
Hmm, this is not a good thing to hear. I was considering switching to
LibreOffice.
Have you contacted the LibreOffice people about it? What did they say?
I have used the plugin with LibreOffice on Linux - it's just a matter of
giving the correct paths. On my LMDE installation it finds LibreOffice
automatically. I'm not sure about Windows, it's possible that this needs some
work there.
I never got around to trying the JabRef OOo plugin with OOo. Did a quick try
with LibO 3.3 and JabRef 2.6 on MSWin7 Prof 64-bit just now - it worked fine
for me after a manual connect - this involves just pointing to the LibO
directory which was C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice in my case. The
default suggested style file may require a bit of work though to suit your
requirements.
mortenalver, would you kindly let us know what you changed the paths to to
make it work? I'm not computer guru, but I've not been able to do it
successfully.
Currently (and incorrectly), mine are set to:
[Path to OpenOffice executable: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
Path to OpenOffice library dir: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3
Program version: OpenOffice.org 3.x
(I'm using it under Ubuntu 11.10, but it shouldn't be too different for LMDE
. . . I hope)
Thanks!
My current installation is OpenSUSE 64 bit. The paths used by the plugin are
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin (for the executable) and
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/basis3.3 (library dir).
If this doesn't make sense for your system, try to run a "locate unoil.jar"
and tell me what the output is.
Thank you so much for your help, mortenalver!
My executable and library dir paths seem to emulate yours, but to no avail.
"locate unoil.jar" returns:
/usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/classes/unoil.jar
/usr/share/libreoffice/basis3.4/program/classes/unoil.jar
If is also helps, the exact error message when trying to run the JABRef OOo
plugin (withthe settings I gave above) is:
===================
Could not connect to running OpenOffice.
Make sure you have the UNO jars (unoil.jar, juh.jar, jurt.jar ad rild.jar)
on your classplath,
as well as the OpenOffice bin directory.
Error message: /home/el/Documents/Research/default backup.sty (No such file
or directory)
===================
Essentially, I don't know if that final error message is relevant.
(This might be a red herring, but I looked in the
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/java-set-classpath file and found nothing about
those .jar files)
Thank you again for any help you can provide.
I just noticed that a problem with loading the style file can lead to an error
message indicating a problem with connecting to OpenOffice/LibreOffice. The
error message shown in the previous post might indicate that this is happening
there, so what I'd do in that situation is first to make sure that the style
file selection is in order, then try to connect again.
In the next JabRef version the OpenOffice plugin will be integrated as a
standard part, and I'm working on streamlining style selection and (if
possible) connection. There will also be a default style available if no
external style file is selected.
It's working now-thank you.
Critically, it was looking for a folder that didn't exist for the style file
(wanted /Documents/Research to exist, but that had been moved to
/Documents/Dropbox/Research).
Oddly, no style file need be in that /Documents/Research folder; it can be
empty and no error is returned anymore. The "Select style file" button in
JabRef doesn't work to select the style (it turns grey when clicked, but
nothing happens), so I can't customize it, but it's good enough.
Thanks again! : )
I'm having a bit of trouble setting the paths properly in Ubuntu. I think I
located the executable properly in:
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
The library, on the other hand, is confounding me. Searching for "unoil.jar"
returns nada. Is there a file in the library directory I can search for to
figure out where the heck it is?
Thanks!
The following is the path I have for unoil.jar on my ubuntu 12.04:
/usr/lib/libreoffice
I was having the same problems as you, but it now appears to be working
correctly.
Thanks for the response! Unfortunately, it does not seem to be cooperating on
my computer. The output to the error console isn't particularly helpful,
either, as I'm really not sure what it's saying:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/star/text/XTextRange at net.sf.jabref.oo.OOTestPanel.run(OOTestPanel.java:495) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at spin.Invocation.evaluate(Invocation.java:175) at spin.off.SpinOffEvaluator$1.run(SpinOffEvaluator.java:108) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.star.text.XTextRange at org.java.plugin.standard.StandardPluginClassLoader.loadClass(StandardPluginClassLoader.java:378) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356) ... 8 moreOn a side note, I'm running JabRef directly from the .jar file (rather than
installing it through apt) because I couldn't get it to find my PDFs when I
installed it through apt. I can't imagine why, but do you suppose that might
be part of the problem?
Thanks for the help!
Brian