# Connecting Jabref to libreofficedev

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/connecting-jabref-to-libreofficedev/3257>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/connecting-jabref-to-libreofficedev/3257 "2022-02-22T17:30:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RJDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/rjdan/32/1317_2.png) [@RJDan](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/RJDan)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/connecting-jabref-to-libreofficedev/3257/1 "2022-02-22T17:30:28Z")

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TL;DR  
I need help connecting Jabref to LO development release.

I have needed to swap to the development LO because of a bug that was affecting my ubuntu (22.04). Now I cannot connect jabref to LO automatically and I have no idea how to do in manually.  
I tried pointing to /usr/local/bin/libreofficedev7.3 but that didn’t work.  
I have needed to have two LO installations to add references.

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/connecting-jabref-to-libreofficedev/3257/2 "2022-02-22T17:59:27Z")

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Hi,

can you please tell what version of JabRef and LO you are using?  
Please be aware that you must install LO as deb, as snap it won’t work with JabRef.

> **[OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration](https://docs.jabref.org/cite/openofficeintegration#known-issues)**

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**Author:** ![RJDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/rjdan/32/1317_2.png) [@RJDan](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/RJDan)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/connecting-jabref-to-libreofficedev/3257/3 "2022-02-22T22:58:59Z")

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I reinstalled libreoffice using `sudo apt install libreoffice` and problem solved.

The Jammy Jellyfish repo is now using 7.3.1 so I didn’t need to have a separate dev installation.

Thank you for the response!