Updating in Windows (permission error)

awalters_cawst · May 16, 2016

We're getting the message "A recommended update is available but you don't have permission to install it. To update automatically, modify the Zotero program directory to be writeable by your user account."

The users do not have admin privileges on their accounts, but most other software seems to not need it. The ones that do pop up a dialog for them to enter admin credentials, which most users have access to. But I'm not sure how to proceed with this if it doesn't give the option to enter admin credentials. I've seen a couple of other posts that are > 1 year old, but none of them really seemed to have a solution. Hoping someone's found something since then. Thanks!

darrask · December 18, 2017

I have the exact same problem, but on Ubuntu. And I am the only user and of course admin. I use ppa:smathot/cogscinl for updates.

cmail · January 11, 2018

Sous Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, j'ai le même problème. Si le dépot ppa:smathot/cogscinl était tenu à jour ce problème n'existerait pas.
Sinon, la solution de changer les droits du répertoire de zotero me semble mauvaise.

Under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I have the same problem. If the ppa: smathot / cogscinl were update this problem would not exist.
Otherwise, the solution to change the rights of the directory zotero seems bad.

adamsmith · January 11, 2018

You can run Zotero entirely from a local directory owned by user (e.g. ~/.local/opt). No need to change the rights. I don't see anything bad about that?

cmail · January 11, 2018

1/ Dans ~/.local/opt, zotero ne sera accessible que par un seul utilisateur ~. Alors que dans #, tous les utilisateurs du pc auront accès à zotero.
2/ Je pensais aux droits sur #/opt/zotero.
3/ Que pensez-vous de la réponse de emilianoeheyns edited November 22, 2017 dans https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/25317/install-zotero-standalone-from-ubuntu-linux-mint-ppa/p2
If the PPA downloads the binary (I think it does), this script https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex/blob/master/zotero5_installer.py can automatically download the latest version (or a specified version) and install it.
Est-ce que ce script est ok pour vous?

1 / In ~ / .local / opt, zotero will only be accessible by one user ~. While in #, all pc users will have access to zotero.
2 / I was thinking about rights on # / opt / zotero.
3 / What do you think of the response of emilianoeheyns edited November 22, 2017 in https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/25317/install-zotero-standalone-from-ubuntu-linux-mint-ppa/p2
If the PPA downloads the binary (I think it does), this script https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex/blob/master/zotero5_installer.py can automatically download the latest version (or a specified version) and install it.
Is this script ok for you?

adamsmith · January 11, 2018

I'm not going to vouch for 3rd party scripts, but Emiliano certainly knows what he's doing and there's nothing nefarious in there, so generally that or something along those lines makes sense, yes.