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Zotero is a free and open-source reference management software that, with the help of web browser plugins, can take metadata directly from websites and create bibliography items from them. LibreOffice can also, with the help of plugins, use Zotero as its citation manager.

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How to install zotero in ubuntu?

I download the tar.bz file from the home page of zotero, extract it and run the file 'run-zotero.sh', but it open zotero rather than install it. How to install it? Any help or suggestion will be appreciated!
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Failed to update Zotero after changing permission with chmod 707

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I have installed Zotero adding the PPA, following the instructions in this page. It worked all well, but when I try to get any update, I get the following error message: In order to "modify the Zotero program…
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Zotero update permission denied in Ubuntu 20.04

I have installed Zotero-snap in Ubuntu 20.04. When I try to update Zotero, or when I try to browse to change the default PDF viewer in Zotero, I get a permission denied error. Check this image: The permissions of some important directories is shown…
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Zotero does not find pdftext and pdfinfo

I am using the Firefox extension Zotero on 12.04. Zotero complains about missing PDF tools, though: To use this feature, you must first install the PDF tools in the Search pane of the Zotero preferences. and Available downloads for Linux x86_64…
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Firefox globalmenu for Zotero Standalone

As far as I understand it the source code of Firefox is hacked in order to use the unity global menu. Zotero Standalone is based on the same architecture as Firefox (xulrunner). Would it be possible to implement the same hack for this piece of…
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Zotero server installation

I installed Ubuntu server on my conputer. I want to study zotero server code. I have to install Zotero open source server code on Ubuntu server. What command should I use?
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How can we manually install zoteros libre office plugin on linux ubuntu22.04 if we installed it via Software Center?

A relative installed Zotero using the software center and for some reason the libre office plugin was not automatically installed. I read https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_manual_installation but calling which on zotero didn't…
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Synaptic Packager Manager won't open

Running Ubuntu 17.10. Installed Synaptic Package Manager through Terminal, but it won't open -- just asks for my password and then immediately closes. Ultimately I'm trying to use it to install Zotero 5.0, so alternative routes to that are also…
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how to register zotero:// protocol on ubuntu 16.04

PROBLEM: My workflow involves consulting notes stored in Zotero 5.0.22 while writing in other software (Scrivener, LibreOffice Writer). On Windows 10, I am able to access these notes from those other software by creating hyperlinks to them using…
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Zotero indexing

On 14.04 Zotero installation version 4.0.26, Zotero doesn't let me index PDF files ('Retrieve metadata for PDF'). It returns: Could not read text from PDF. I updated Zotero and checked if it has updated pdftotext & pdfinfo installed and it did,…
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Zotero/LibreOffice icons in Xubuntu 13.10

I've seen various fixes and have tried several (all with varying degrees of success - explained below), and this is the sort of pertinacity thing which really annoys me: no icons in LibreOffice for the Zotero toolbar, although the toolbar works…
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How to fix Java Environment on Ubuntu 22.04 for Zotero?

I have installed the program Zotero on /opt. I have problems with the Java environment (JRE). On this post, it is said that one needs to run sudo apt install default-jre and sudo apt install libreoffice-java-common. But I already have them: $ sudo…
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Zotero 6 is unable to open pdfs using the default application [Okular]

I think this is an Ubuntu problem because I am able to do simply double click items on Zotero if my default application is set to native PDF viewer. However, if my default application is Okular, I am not able to double click items in Zotero. I have…
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Okular does not want to open pdf's saved through Zotero

I am very new to Linux / Ubuntu and have been playing around with it for the past week. I have come across a problem I can't seem to fix. If I want to open a PDF with Okular, which has been stored / filed through Zotero, I get the following…
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Error opening directory in Zotero: Permission denied

I am stuck with a (probably) silly problem: modifying preferences in Zotero-standalone! I would like Zotero standalone in Ubuntu to point to the Zotero data in the Windows partition. directory permission The 'Windows data partition' is mounted on a…
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