The zotero package is now Zotero 7. If you want Zotero 6, install the zotero6 package. These can be installed side-by-side, even if you can only have one of them running at any given time.
(re)install using
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
Mirrors:
See install.sh explanation below and adjust URL accordingly
This repository contains packaged releases of Zotero and Juris-M for Debian-based Linux systems and Crostini-enabled chromebooks, and the script used to build them. It also offers the latest nightly zotero-beta.
This repository updates to new releases of Zotero and Juris-M within 2 hours, usually faster.
The packages include the whole Zotero/Juris-M binaries, as built by Zotero / Juris-M teams themselves.
The packages provide a system-wide installation (into the /usr/lib directory), as opposed to a single-user installation (e.g. in your HOME directory).
They manage both desktop file registration and MimeType registration.
If you're previously used the tarball install, delete ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop.
To install Zotero, use the following commands:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zotero
To install Juris-M, use the following commands:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install jurism
Note
You can use curl instead of wget by typing
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
The Zotero / Juris-M programs provided by this repository have their self-update facility disabled.
Simply rely on on your system's package manager to give you update notifications when a new version comes out.
Alternatively, you can use the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
install.sh will ask for sudo permissions to install the pointer to the apt repo, and to add the signing key to the keyring.
This repo also has the nightly beta's, installable as the zotero-beta and jurism-beta packages. You can install these alongside the regular packages.
The accepted key format in Debian-based systems seems to have changed a while ago, which means the existing signing verification key you have may no longer be available during install. Re-running the install script will remedy that:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
Instructions for installation on Crostini-capable Chromebooks can be found on the wiki.
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/uninstall.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get purge zotero
The install.sh is convenient, but there's a risk to running random scripts from the internet as root. What the script does, and what you could manually do yourself, is:
Check whether you are installing on a supported architecture:
case `uname -m` in
"i386" | "i686" | "x86_64")
;;
*)
echo "Zotero is only available for architectures i686 and x86_64"
exit
;;
esac
Set up some basic information about the repo and your environment:
KEYNAME=zotero-archive-keyring.gpg
GPGKEY=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/$KEYNAME
KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/$KEYNAME
checks whether you have curl or wget and use that to download the public key for signature verification
if [ -x "$(command -v curl)" ]; then
sudo curl -L $GPGKEY -o $KEYRING
elif [ -x "$(command -v wget)" ]; then
sudo wget -O $KEYRING $GPGKEY
else
echo "Error: need wget or curl installed." >&2
exit 1
fi
sudo chmod 644 $KEYRING
remove old key with too broad reach if present
sudo rm -f /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zotero.gpg
install repo pointer
cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zotero.list
deb [signed-by=$KEYRING by-hash=force] https://zotero.retorque.re/file/apt-package-archive ./
EOF
clean up remnants from previous use of another mirror, if any
sudo apt-get clean
To rebuild this repo you need:
- a deb-based system (I use Ubuntu)
- Crystal