How to run Zotero in Fedora bypassing version 7?

luigi.marongiu

I am using Fedora 40 and the system automatically upgraded Zotero (flatpak) from 6 to 7. How reported previously (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/116886/how-to-connect-z7-to-lo#latest) the new version does not communicate with LibreOffice Writer.
Since nothing has been done to fix the bug, which I reported, can I remove this version and reinstall version 6?
But if I move back to 6, would the system re-update once again to 7?
Also, what version should I use? There is flatpak, but are there other distributions with more support for Fedora?
Thank you

adamsmith

There's the standard tarball that is distributed by Zotero and will run on pretty much any distro. That would have forced the update and I believe it works w LO in Zotero 7

luigi.marongiu

Thank you. I downloaded the distro from here https://www.zotero.org/download/.
How can I launch Zotero from Fedora app bar (see below)?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u5065827/w67d8ie25s3o5pfknv3j.png

poettli

https://www.zotero.org/support/installation#how_do_i_install_zotero

luigi.marongiu

Thank you. I ran `set_launcher_icon` and set the symlink in `~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop` and now it works.

luigi.marongiu

An update. I have installed Zotero 7 as suggested, I get it running from the app bar, but (1) there is no L.O. Writer plugin by default (2) when I link the plugin from Writer to ~/Zotero/integration/libreoffice/...oxt the plugin is visible in Writer but Zotero collapses when click the icons, just like with the update of Zotero 6.

dstillman

~/Zotero/integration/libreoffice/...oxt

First, that should not be your installation location. That's the default Zotero data directory, and you absolutely should not mix application files and data files. You'll need to move all application files out of there — compare to a freshly extracted tarball — and make sure only data files are left.

Zotero collapses when click the icons

Not sure what you mean by "collapses". Crashes?

luigi.marongiu

Thanks. Collapses = crashes. So where shall I install Zotero?

luigi.marongiu

I placed the official folder (https://www.zotero.org/download/) into `/opt` (there was a folder for LibreOffice there already, so I reckon it should be a good folder to place new stuff in). When launching Zotero 7, the folder ~/Zotero was created as expected; the plugin was already in Writer, but again, when clicking Zotero icons, Zotero crashed.

adomasven

Are you sure you have completely removed the flatpak version of Zotero and are running the tarball version?

luigi.marongiu

Yes, there is no flatpak leftover (that I know of). I ran
```
bash /opt/Zotero/set_launcher_icon
rm ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop
ln -s zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop
```
and restarted the PC, but there is no Zotero in the app bar. Could the fact the `opt` is a protected folder (I had to use `sudo` to run `cp`, `bash` and `ln`) be a problem? Tx

adomasven

It's worth installing it somewhere where you have full write permissions as a troubleshooting step at least.

luigi.marongiu

The other folders in / also required `sudo`, so I upgraded to F. 41, reinstalled Zotero in /opt/ and now it works. Thanks for the support and patience.