How can I install beta version on Manjaro Linux

starsareintherose · April 19, 2021

I miss several similar errors.
```
   /opt/zotero  ./zotero  ✔
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/zotero/libxul.so:
libdbus-glib-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.
```
How can I install the beta version?

adamsmith · April 19, 2021

This is running straight from the tarball or how?

starsareintherose · April 19, 2021

sudo mkdir /opt/zotero
sudo mv Zotero_linux-x86_64/* /opt/zotero/
cd /opt/zotero
sudo ./set_launcher_icon
ln -s /opt/zotero/zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop

I use these commands to install the beta version

emilianoeheyns · April 19, 2021

Zotero-deb packages the betas too.

adamsmith · April 19, 2021

Cool, probably worth a try. That's just sudo apt install zotero-beta?

(see https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/releases )

starsareintherose · April 19, 2021

@adamsmith Manjaro can use sudo pacman -S [package] and yay -S [package]. Manjaro belongs to Arch branch.

adamsmith · April 19, 2021

ah sorry, I misremembered.

adamsmith · April 19, 2021

I'm afraid you'll then have to go through the missing dependencies and install them.

starsareintherose · April 19, 2021

because there is no aur and pacman way to install the beta version. So, somewhat difficulty

emilianoeheyns · April 19, 2021

Yep, zotero-beta

emilianoeheyns · April 19, 2021

I had forgotten there exist distributions that aren't debian based, sorry. The deb lists its dependencies but all those are the package names from debian based systems.

starsareintherose · April 19, 2021

Thanks, I solved it
See https://forum.manjaro.org/t/zotero-without-libdbus-glib-1-so-2/63006/7