How to run Zotero in Fedora bypassing version 7?

luigi.marongiu · 2024-09-29T14:28:40+00:00

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 · 2024-09-29T15:44:04+00:00

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 · 2024-10-04T06:46:50+00:00

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 · 2024-10-04T06:58:38+00:00

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

luigi.marongiu · 2024-10-04T11:42:21+00:00

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