[BUG] set_launcher_icon doesn't do anything in Ubuntu 24.04

djcaesar9114

Hello,

I downloaded Zotero-7.0.7_linux-x86_64 on the official website.

I followed the instructions in the "Linux" part here: https://www.zotero.org/support/installation.

When I run `./set_launcher_icon ` I get:

> /opt/zotero/zotero.desktop is not writable

If I run `touch zotero.desktop` it creates the file, and if I run again `./set_launcher_icon ` I get nothing in the console, and the `zotero.desktop` file doesn't have any content.

Zotero runs fine, though, and I can attach the app in the Ubuntu sidebar.

Is it really a bug or have the instructions changed?

PS: I saw a message on GitHub saying you weren't using GitHub issues, so I post it here.

dstillman

No, you've done something wrong here. zotero.desktop exists in the tarball — it's not a file you create. set_launcher_icon just updates its Icon line with its current path, and it needs to be able to write to the file to do that.