jabref command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

jabref: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: jabref: command not found

Solutions to jabref: command not found

How To Fix jabref: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu jabref is provided by jabref package.

jabref is:

JabRef is a graphical Java application for editing BibTeX (.bib) databases. JabRef lets you organize your entries into overlapping logical groups, and with a single click limit your view to a single group or an intersection or union of several groups. You can customize the entry information shown in the main window, and sort by any of the standard BibTeX fields. JabRef can autogenerate BibTeX keys for your entries. JabRef also lets you easily link to PDF or web sources for your reference entries.

JabRef can import from and export to several formats, and you can customize export filters. JabRef can be run as a command line application to convert from any import format to any export format.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install jabref

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install jabref.

sudo apt -y install jabref

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install jabref

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix jabref command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.