Libre-Office connector broken with Zotero 7 upgrade

cyberlyra · August 17, 2024

Since Zotero rarely updates, I didn't notice I had the "automatic update" selected in Preferences until this morning, when it turned out my Zotero had upgraded to 7 and broken my carefully assembled Libre Office connector, just as I am trying to complete a book manuscript and need my Zotero and Libre Office connection on Linux working seamlessly. Aside from the completely unnecessary interruption (i would NEVER have upgraded at this stage given the difficulty I had even getting this connection to work in the first place) I am now at a loss. I tried clicking "install libreoffice connector" again from the new preferences/settings and oh wait, surprise surprise, just like when I first installed Zotero IT DOESN'T WORK. Last time I worked around through multiple installs and moving directories between a useless "install from source" using the Zotero instructions and another useless flatpak version to cobble together a Zotero that actually worked and integrated with libreoffice. Now, all the directories and the Libreoffice extension .oxt are all available. I have three versions of Java installed listed on Libre Office, including two from Oracle (apparently your open jdk doesn't work anymore).

But no connection.

I looked at your "README.md" and it rather uselessly begins with "Run scripts/symlink_sdk" (WHERE IS THIS AND WHAT IS THIS AND HOW DO I RUN IT??) and then "Open Eclipse and import this project into your workspace" (WHICH PROJECT!?!?!?!)

Linux support for this product is abysmal. I need this product working and I need it working TODAY. Please assist.

dstillman · August 17, 2024

1) See Etiquette — please don't post here like this again.

2) We haven't pushed Zotero 7 as an automatic update yet. You're using a third-party package of Zotero. We have no control over its update schedule.

3) The official tarball of Zotero 7 works fine with LibreOffice. Again, you're using a third-party Flatpak version of Zotero where LibreOffice integration is broken. We have nothing to do with that package. You'll need to talk to the maintainers of that package if you're having trouble with something.

dstillman · August 17, 2024

I looked at your "README.md" and it rather uselessly begins with "Run scripts/symlink_sdk" (WHERE IS THIS AND WHAT IS THIS AND HOW DO I RUN IT??) and then "Open Eclipse and import this project into your workspace" (WHICH PROJECT!?!?!?!)

Why are you reading READMEs on GitHub? Those are developer instructions for building the extension from source. They have nothing to do with using the plugin as an end user. There's a dedicated troubleshooting page with all the relevant information on that.