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Update how to start JabRef Linux Portable
Inspired by issues - JabRef/jabref#5591 - JabRef/jabref#7295 - https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-1-linux-portable/2293
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Download it from [downloads.jabref.org](https://downloads.jabref.org). These are generic archive files (e.g., `tar.gz` files for Linux and MacOS, and `zip` files for Windows) which need to be extracted. Inside the archive files you will find the file needed to run JabRef:
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* for Windows `JabRef.exe`.
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* for Linux `bin/JabRef`.
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* for Linux
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- either run`bin/JabRef`
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- or `/lib/runtime/bin/JabRef`.
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* for Mac, this is the file `JabRef.app`.
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Be sure to activate "Load and Save preferences from/to jabref.xml on start-up (memory stick mode)" in Options → Preferences → General.
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Also, if the Linux version of JabRef portable is put into a folder named `bin`, it will not start. Other names are fine, like `apps`.
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#### Development version
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