On 11/29/2016 04:34 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
Slightly off topic:
I am using Jabref for my lyx work (debian). The version I use (2.10)
does not support the medline any more.
I apparently need Java 8 for it -JRE or JDK are offered, which should
go in /opt. Which one is recommendable? None is given in synaptic.
And how do I unpack the JRE or JDK into /opt? Do I extract it first on
my home/download and copy the folder as root into it?
How do I install jabref-3.7? Unpacking it gives me a lot of
folders/files, but I can't find a help.
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A long discussion is in the following, but it is beyond me:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814901
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang,
You might want to look at
https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java
<https://launchpad.net/%7Ewebupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java>. If you add
their PPA to Synaptic and install their package (which is an updater,
not Java itself), it will install Java 8. Moreover, as new versions of
Java appear, their package will show up in your usual updates and, when
you update it, will automatically install the latest Java. It also takes
care of various configuration nonsense, such as setting the latest Java
as the preferred version, that otherwise can be a PITA.
Cheers,
Paul
