Bibliography not auto updating when additional citations are added

bobsone

Hi
I have a new install of Mate 24.04 running LibreOffice and Zotero.
Zotero isn't updating the bibliography when a new citation is added to the document.
If I click Add/edit bibliography a new and additional bibliography is added with all the current citations included.
I have reinstalled the Libre writer plugin and tried different styles, all gave the same result.

Ubuntu Mate 24.04
Zotero version 7.0.15 (not snap)
Libre writer version 24.2.7.2

dstillman

That just means your previous bibliography was flattened.

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/existing_citations_not_detected

bobsone

Thanks for the reply.
This problem is happening in real time in a new unsaved document.
I can open a Libre writer doc, add a citation and then add a bibliography further down the page or on another page. When I add a second (or third, fourth etc) citation, the bibliography doesn't update to show the new citation(s).
To get the added citations full references in a bibliography I have to re-click the Add Bibliography button resulting in two bibliography lists with the newer one containing the current complete list.
Then if I add more citations I have to re-add the citation list etc.
Also, the refresh button doesn't fix the problem.

adomasven

How is LibreOffice installed? If you press the Add/Edit Bibliography button once to insert the bibliography, and then again, do you get yet another bibliography, or an Edit Bibliography dialog?

Could you submit a Debug ID reproducing this in a new document?

bobsone

LobreOffice came bundled with the Mate 24.04 install.
A second press of the Add/Edit Bibliography button does bring up the Edit Bibliography dialog.
The Debug ID is D862005033.

adomasven

You should uninstall the bundled LibreOffice version and install the official one available on LibreOffice website. You might also want to reset your LibreOffice profile/settings.

bobsone

hi
I have been experimenting....
I haven't reinstalled the bundled LibreOffice in this mate 22.04 system because it is in constant use and I don't want to unnecessarily change anything in this system.
However I have dug out an older desktop and tried different operating systems with LibreOffice and Zotero. I have tried GhosdBSD, windows 10 and am currently running Mint-22.1 Everything works as expected in windows 10 both in virtualbox and normal install.
The short story is that other than in windows, I keep getting the same result. On the Mint install I tried reinstalling LOffice with a copy from the LibreOffice website, unfortunately nothing changed.
I have found the issue occurs whenever the Add/edit bibliography function is selected with the courser anywhere other that at the beginning or end or multiple paragraph breaks. Simply, the Add/edit bibliography function works correctly if inserted on the last paragraph break of the page the citation is added, inserted on the first or last paragraph break after a page break and-or section break.
So, with this new info in mind is a reinstall of Loffice still a plan and are there any new suggestions why this odd behavior is occurring.

Bob

adomasven

See Reporting Problems, and provide full steps to reproduce this in a new document, with the official install of LibreOffice from their sources. Linux has an infinite number of possible configurations, and we cannot possibly support for every one of them, or attempt to reproduce them, so you will have to work with the official LibreOffice package.