Zotero do not start "There was an error starting Zotero".

When I try to start Zotero (Tools → Zotero) the window with the this message appears "There was an error starting Zotero".
I use Firefox Nightly 46.0a1 (2016-01-18) under Linux - Debian testing. It was working earlier. Zotero works fine under most recent stable version of Firefox.

The output on the console after starting Firefox:

$ /./usr/lib/firefox/firefox
1453201094888 addons.xpi WARN Error loading bootstrap.js for {64048836-6CD1-4A19-B201-485C33379162}: SyntaxError: expected expression, got keyword 'let' (resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm -> jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/%7B64048836-6CD1-4A19-B201-485C33379162%7D.xpi!/bootstrap.js:681:23) JS Stack trace: @XPIProvider.jsm:4477:1 < this.XPIProvider.loadBootstrapScope@XPIProvider.jsm:4477:7 < this.XPIProvider.callBootstrapMethod@XPIProvider.jsm:4553:9 < this.XPIProvider.startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2726:13 < callProvider@AddonManager.jsm:227:12 < _startProvider@AddonManager.jsm:833:5 < AddonManagerInternal.startup@AddonManager.jsm:1016:9 < this.AddonManagerPrivate.startup@AddonManager.jsm:2783:5 < amManager.prototype.observe@addonManager.js:56:7
1453201094889 addons.xpi WARN Add-on {64048836-6CD1-4A19-B201-485C33379162} is missing bootstrap method startup
1453201094964 addons.xpi WARN Error loading bootstrap.js for {c75a27d8-4529-449f-b67b-aba65d7a1c0a}: SyntaxError: missing ; before statement (resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm -> jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/%7Bc75a27d8-4529-449f-b67b-aba65d7a1c0a%7D.xpi!/bootstrap.js:621:51) JS Stack trace: @XPIProvider.jsm:4477:1 < this.XPIProvider.loadBootstrapScope@XPIProvider.jsm:4477:7 < this.XPIProvider.callBootstrapMethod@XPIProvider.jsm:4553:9 < this.XPIProvider.startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2726:13 < callProvider@AddonManager.jsm:227:12 < _startProvider@AddonManager.jsm:833:5 < AddonManagerInternal.startup@AddonManager.jsm:1016:9 < this.AddonManagerPrivate.startup@AddonManager.jsm:2783:5 < amManager.prototype.observe@addonManager.js:56:7
1453201094965 addons.xpi WARN Add-on {c75a27d8-4529-449f-b67b-aba65d7a1c0a} is missing bootstrap method startup
SyntaxError: missing ] after element list
chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:437
makeZoteroContext@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:223:2
ZoteroService@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:312:4
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
@chrome://zotero/content/include.js:1:14

SyntaxError: missing ] after element list
chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:437
makeZoteroContext@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:223:2
ZoteroService@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:312:4
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
@chrome://zotero/content/include.js:1:14

SyntaxError: missing ] after element list
chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:437
makeZoteroContext@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:223:2
ZoteroService@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:312:4
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
Comm</this.init@file:///usr/share/mozilla/extensions/%7Bec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384%7D/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org/components/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration.js:39:12
Initializer@file:///usr/share/mozilla/extensions/%7Bec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384%7D/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org/components/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration.js:366:2
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
@chrome://zotero-openoffice-integration/content/overlay.xul:6:7
EventListener.handleEvent*EventTargetInterposition.methods.addEventListener@resource://gre/modules/RemoteAddonsParent.jsm:624:5
AddonInterpositionService.prototype.interposeProperty/desc.value@resource://gre/components/multiprocessShims.js:160:52
@chrome://zotero-openoffice-integration/content/overlay.xul:4:6

SyntaxError: missing ] after element list
chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:437
makeZoteroContext@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:223:2
ZoteroService@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:312:4
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
@chrome://zotero/content/include.js:1:14

SyntaxError: missing ] after element list
chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:437
makeZoteroContext@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:223:2
ZoteroService@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:312:4
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
@chrome://zotero/content/include.js:1:14

SyntaxError: missing ] after element list
chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:437
makeZoteroContext@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:223:2
ZoteroService@jar:file://[path-of-firefox-profile]/extensions/zotero@chnm.gmu.edu.xpi!/components/zotero-service.js:312:4
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
Comm</this.init@file:///usr/share/mozilla/extensions/%7Bec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384%7D/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org/components/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration.js:39:12
Initializer@file:///usr/share/mozilla/extensions/%7Bec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384%7D/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org/components/zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration.js:366:2
XPCOMUtils__getFactory/factory.createInstance@resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm:326:19
@chrome://zotero-openoffice-integration/content/overlay.xul:6:7
EventListener.handleEvent*EventTargetInterposition.methods.addEventListener@resource://gre/modules/RemoteAddonsParent.jsm:624:5
AddonInterpositionService.prototype.interposeProperty/desc.value@resource://gre/components/multiprocessShims.js:160:52
@chrome://zotero-openoffice-integration/content/overlay.xul:4:6

  • (Please include "[Firefox Nightly]" or similar in the thread title when reporting issues like this so that people don't think it's a general issue.)

    If you're using a dev version of Firefox you should always be using the beta version of Zotero. Various features won't yet work with Electrolysis enabled, and there may be other issues in Nightly, but the errors above should be fixed.
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