unable to build zotero in linux xubuntu

iakl

Hi guys, I am trying to build Zotero from source code in linux xubuntu (I want to try adding a hand tool button to the toolbar), but while following the instructions in

https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/client_coding/building_the_desktop_app

I get this error:

~/zotero$ app/scripts/dir_build -p l
Using source directory of /home/user/zotero/build

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/user/zotero/app/scripts/prepare_build", line 67, in main
raise FileNotFoundError(
FileNotFoundError: version file not found in /home/user/zotero/build

I can't find any information regarding this error. Does anyone know about it and how to solve it?
Thank you!

dstillman

Best to post questions like this to zotero-dev. We try to keep technical discussions there.

But it looks like you either didn't run npm run build and created an empty build folder yourself or something went wrong when you ran npm run build.

iakl

Thank you! I did run npm run build but the output was huge and didn't see apparent errors, so I assumed it was ok.

I will check it again and post in zotero-dev as you recommend.