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@shmilee: I like that idea. Implemented in 5.5-2 using JABREF_OPTIONS as variable name.

Note that you can then also put that environment variable into your .bashrc, .pam_environment or something similar to be automatically applied.

How about add an extra JavaOptions variable in launch script /usr/bin/jabref like this?

............
--module-path ${ROOT}/lib \
${JABREF_EXT_Options} \
--patch-module .............

So we can add the -Djdk.gtk.version=2 flag or -Dglass.gtk.uiScale=144dpi flag by cmdline, no need to edit /usr/bin/jabref after upgrade.

JABREF_EXT_Options='-Dglass.gtk.uiScale=144dpi -Djdk.gtk.version=2' jabref

Using JabRef with i3wm, I’m running into the issue described at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5867 in which clicking the menu bar sometimes opens then immediately closes the associated menu, rendering it unusable.

I was able to fix this issue by adding the -Djdk.gtk.version=2 flag after line 9 in https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/jabref.sh?h=jabref (as suggested in the related bug report https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251240). This change also removes the “XSetErrorHandler() called with a GDK error trap pushed. Don't do that.” warning mentioned by ruiin in a previous comment.

So far, I have not encountered any adverse side-effect from this workaround.

I'm currently getting the following error on build:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/home/rhys/.cache/paru/clone/jabref/src/jabref-5.15/build.gradle' line: 14

* What went wrong:
Plugin [id: 'com.github.koppor.gradle-modules-plugin', version: 'jitpack-SNAPSHOT', artifact: 'com.github.koppor:gradle-modules-plugin:jitpack-SNAPSHOT'] was not found in any of the following sources:

- Gradle Core Plugins (plugin is not in 'org.gradle' namespace)
- Included Builds (No included builds contain this plugin)
- Plugin Repositories (could not resolve plugin artifact 'com.github.koppor:gradle-modules-plugin:jitpack-SNAPSHOT')
  Searched in the following repositories:
    maven(https://jitpack.io)
    Gradle Central Plugin Repository

The -git version seems to work. Maybe upstream needs to make a release?

@Bevan: I do, thank you for pointing me towards that link. That fixes it for me

@Nordwin: Do you have the environment variable $LD_LIBRARY_PATH set in a custom way? See https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77183.

Even with jdk21-openjdk I cannot start jabref:

Error occurred during initialization of boot layer java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk/lib/libnio.so: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk/lib/libnio.so: undefined symbol: reuseport_available

Thanks @Bevan. FWIW I tried building with the newer jdk 22, but it failed.

Everyone who struggles to update right now: Please install the jdk21-openjdk package. It provides java-environment=21.

@Rhinoceros @emilbebri well, what's your output of yay -Qs .*java.*?

I get the same:

```

installing jdk-openjdk (22.u36-1) breaks dependency 'java-environment=21' required by jabref

```

Currently this package is blocking all updates on my system because

:: installing jdk-openjdk (22.u36-1) breaks dependency 'java-environment=21' required by jabref

Would this package work with java-environment=22, or is there a java-environment=21 option available?

@Bevan THANKS! just did a three way diff of yay -Qs .*java.* between the two systems and a third one that didn't yet attempt the update and low and behold: it's a missing package...