====== Installation ======


===== Linux =====


- Download latest release on https://www.fosshub.com/JabRef.html . Pick "Download JabRef Platform independent runnable JAR"

- (if you want an older release: https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/releases)

- copy it where you want to install it, for instance /opt/jabref/JabRef-X.Y.jar

- in the same folder, create a file named "jabref" with the following content: 

<Code:shell>
java -jar /opt/jabref/JabRef-X.Y.jar &
</Code>

- make it executable:

<Code:shell>
chmod +x /opt/jabref/jabref
</Code>

Now, for Ubuntu (and possibly others), create the following file: 
<Code   | $USER/.local/share/applications/jabref.desktop>
[Desktop Entry]
#Encoding=UTF-8
Name=JabRef
GenericName=Reference Manager
Comment=GUI for editing BibTex bibliographies
Exec=/opt/jabref/jabref
Icon=jabref
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Office;Database;
MimeType=text/x-bibtex;
</Code>

- Find yourself a nice icon and put it in "/usr/share/pixmaps/jabref.png"

- Done

===== Windows =====

===== Mac =====

===== Commodore 64 =====