'''[[http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net|Bibus]] is a bibliographic database whose "ultimate" goal is to have an opensource bibliographic software that will allow easy formatting (and reformatting) of the bibliographic index in OpenOffice.org Writer.'''
 * entirely written in python, using the cross-platform wxWidget library
 * there is an official Debian package available
 * aimed at UbuntuScientists

= Installation =
For Ubuntu Karmic users, bibus is available in the repository. For earlier releases, you still have to do some manual work.


== Install bibus on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 ==
This paragraph is a modified copy of document in bibus wiki. http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Installation#Ubuntu

Add here to make it more convenient for user who wants to install bibus.

 * Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list

Note - You'll need to use sudo command to add content to this file i.e. sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
{{{
## Bibus
 deb http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio ./
 deb-src http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio ./
}}}
 * Download the public key with the following command:
{{{
wget -q http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio/pmartino.gpgkey -O- | sudo apt-key add -
}}}
 * apt-get update
 * sudo apt-get install bibus libsqliteodbc python-pysqlite2 python-wxgtk2.6 python-uno

== Install bibus on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 ==
* add to your apt repositories list (Synaptic/config or in /etc/apt/sources.list) the line :
    deb http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio ./
* install 'bibus'
* start bibus, Help/first connection : setup connection
=== for MySQL dbm ===
* create eg. bibus table and bibus user
* create bibus db schema (table structure) by executing part of /usr/share/bibus/db_models/mysql_41.sql

== Install bibus 1.1.1-1 on Ubuntu breezy 5.10 ==
 * download the package :
   wget http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bibus-biblio/bibus_1.1.1-1_all.deb
 * install manually bibus_1.1.1-1 :
   sudo dpkg -i --force-all bibus_1.1.1-1_all.deb
 * problem : the package is broken for next upgrades
See also
 * [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=122841|small how-to about ]]

= Bibus in Ubuntu forum threads =
 *[[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=50762&highlight=bibus|Bibus Ubuntu Howto]].
 *[[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=49155&highlight=bibus|Bibus Install problem]]
 * [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=43144&highlight=bibus|Help with Bibus/Bibliography Software!]]
 * [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=44432&highlight=bibus|bibus up and running?]]