This bug was fixed in the package jabref - 2.3.1-5ubuntu1
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jabref (2.3.1-5ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
* Merge from debian unstable. (LP: #225450, #227125)
* Remaining changes:
- debian/control
* Change build dependency default-jdk-builddep to default-jdk.
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TTBOMK JabRef doesn't work with any of the free Java VMs that are
packaged in Debian; it should work with icedtea in Ubuntu but I can't
add that to the Depends: of the Debian package because it's not yet in
Debian.
What you can do is grab my dummy sun-java-package from