Command Line install of plugins for Mac

craig_richardson
Hi There,

We're deploying Zotero automatically to many Macs with Munki.

I'm looking for a way to have the plugins install automatically afterward.

Is there any way currently to issue a command via terminal to have Zotero install the plugins. I could then use this command as a post-install step to the Zotero installation.

Or is the only way to install the plugins to open the application go into the preferences and click on the "Install Microsoft Word Add-in" button.

thanks,
Craig
  • adamsmith
    by plugins you mean the Word/LibreOffice plugins? And that's with Zotero Standalone, right?
    That should come with the word processor tools pre-installed. They'll finish the installation on first run. Or am I missing something?
  • craig_richardson
    Yeah the standalone version, it does attempt to install the Word plugins on first run, however if the user who runs it the first time is unprivileged then this fails.

    What I'd love to do is kick off this part of the installation immediately after the standalone program is installed as the user that just did the installation (which in the case of Munki is the root user). That way it'll be sitting there ready for use the first time it starts.

    cheers,
    Craig
  • aanwyn
    edited October 3, 2015
    I am using a Mac with Word 2011. I installed Zotero about a month ago and the plug-in as well as the script was there. I recently updated Microsoft. I opened Word on my Mac today and all the plug-ins have disappeared despite them being there two days ago. I uninstalled Zotero and reinstalled it. No plug-in tool bar. I know the scripts are available for use but the tool bar is less time consuming. How do I get it back?
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