[Solved] Problem getting Zotero Standalone running in Linux Mint
I have removed Zotero Standalone and reinstalled the PPA version via Synaptic Package Manager.
Here is the output from the install routine:
When I then start the program via commandline, I get an almost identical error message as posted previously in the Ubuntu PPA thread:
Any ideas how to continue with troubleshooting this?
Here is the output from the install routine:
(synaptic:12185): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed
Selecting previously unselected package zotero-standalone.
(Reading database ... 172330 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../zotero-standalone_4.0.28-ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking zotero-standalone (4.0.28-ubuntu1) ...
Setting up zotero-standalone (4.0.28-ubuntu1) ...
>>> Downloading Zotero standalone 4.0.28 for x86_64
>>> URL: http://download.zotero.org/standalone/4.0.28/Zotero-4.0.28_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
--2015-09-14 23:01:58-- http://download.zotero.org/standalone/4.0.28/Zotero-4.0.28_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
Resolving download.zotero.org (download.zotero.org)... 54.192.39.181, 54.192.36.87, 54.192.38.234, ...
Connecting to download.zotero.org (download.zotero.org)|54.192.39.181|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 42780224 (41M) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/zotero.tar.bz2’
100%[======================================>] 42.780.224 1,77MB/s in 27s
2015-09-14 23:02:25 (1,50 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/zotero.tar.bz2’ saved [42780224/42780224]
>>> Extracting Zotero
>>> Target folder: /opt/zotero
>>> Creating menu entry
>>> Creating startup script
>>> Done!
>>> Don't forget to check out Qnotero, the Zotero sidekick!
>>> URL: http://www.cogsci.nl/qnotero
When I then start the program via commandline, I get an almost identical error message as posted previously in the Ubuntu PPA thread:
cd '/opt/zotero'
/opt/zotero $ ./zotero
(process:12240): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
(zotero:12240): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised
(zotero:12240): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised
(zotero:12240): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised
(zotero:12240): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised
Could not create gnome accelerators directory `/home/mint/.gnome2/accels': Permission denied
Any ideas how to continue with troubleshooting this?
@zurpher
My first try would be to see if this works if you run it locally.
So download the archive for Zotero. Unzip it into a suitable local folder -- e.g. ~/.local/share/ -- delete the downloaded file and then CD into the newly created Zotero folder and run ./zotero from the commandline.
i.e.
cd ~/.local/share
wget https://download.zotero.org/standalone/4.0.28/Zotero-4.0.28_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
tar -vxjf Zotero-4.0.28_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
rm Zotero-4.0.28_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
cd ./Zotero_linux-x86_64/
./zotero
Note for future reference: The download wget above is specific to the 4.0.28 Zotero version, current as of 09/19/2015. You should make sure to use the download address for the current Zotero version
You can choose a different folder than ~/.local/share as long as it's in your home directory.
This has been fixed by using the following command
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER .gnome2
The local installation works. I installed it on my Ubuntu 14.04 by running the lines you have written in your previous post.
How do I change this to a global installation ?