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Bibus is a bibliographic and reference management software. As with other such tools, Bibus allows one to search, edit, and sort bibliographic records. In addition, Bibus contains features that makes it unique among open source and even commercial bibliographic databases:

* Hierarchical organization of the references with user defined keys
* Designed for multiuser environments
o You can share the database between an “unlimited” number of users
o Each user will have its own classification
o You can define read-only and read-write users
* Live queries; that is searches that update as the database changes
* On-line PubMed queries
* On-line eTBLAST queries
* Insertion of references and formatting of bibliographies into two widely used Word Processors (OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Word)
* Foreign language support through Unicode and gettext. As of version 1.2, Bibus is available in English, French, Portuguese, German, Spanish and Chinese.
* Bibus works on most modern platforms:
o Gnu/linux with OpenOffice.org
o Windows98/2000/XP with OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Word
o On other platforms (MacOS X, …) Bibus works with Microsoft Word but styles cannot be created at this point (this should change soon for MacOS X)

Add the following two apt source into your system

deb http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio ./
deb-src http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio ./

You can do this by editing the file “/etc/apt/sources.list” or using GUI software provided by Xubuntu default.

then

apt-get update

install the following three packages:
“python-pysqlite2″ “bibus” “bibus-doc-en”
only these three and their dependences are enough. Do not install “openoffice-pyuno”, which is outdated and Openoffice have install a new version by default.

Note: If you want Bibus run smoothly without any further configuration, make sure you install all components of Openoffice including excel, writer, database, drawing and etc.

I am using Openoffice Writer as my word processor in Xubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). As I try to use Bibliographic Database via. Tools, Openoffice crash and restart by itself. Searching resolution via. google. Noting was gotten. Finally, I find a very easy solution: install the all other components of Openoffice. They are not installed by default in Xubuntu. Everything is working perfect now. The Openoffice Writer may need other components to use database function.