Zotero integration not working in LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 (Linux)

anark · February 12, 2013

I'm using Zotero 3.0.13 on Ubuntu 12.04 with Firefox 18.0.2, LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 and Zotero LibreOffice Integration 3.5.4.

No Zotero toolbar appears in LibreOffice. When I tried to circumvent the toolbar by defining a citation shortcut, I went via Tools→Customize and sought the appropriate Zotero macro in the bottom part of the dialog. I understand that the macros are in LibreOffice Macros → user → Zotero, but I found no Zotero directory under 'user'. Thus, it's not just that the Zotero toolbar is missing: LibreOffice appears to be unaware of the Zotero integration altogether.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Simon · February 12, 2013

Start with https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_troubleshooting#zotero_toolbar_doesn_t_appear

anark · February 13, 2013

Thanks, this did the trick! It turned out there was a LibreOffice-specific Java library missing.

Would there be any way of flagging such unmet dependencies during the installation process?

adamsmith · February 13, 2013

for me the LO extension did detect the missing libreoffice-java-commons and prompted to install it - was that the missing library?

anark · February 13, 2013

Yes, it was.

Maybe the NoScript Firefox plugin supressed the prompt.