Questions concerning the installation on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)
Concerning the installation on Linux (or precisely on Ubuntu 18.04) I have a few questions to which I didn't find the answer in the documentation:
1. When locally installing Zotero in my home directory, is there any recommendation regarding the exact directory? From what I see it can’t be installed to either ~/.zotero or ~/Zotero, because these are already used by the programme itself.
2. When installing Zotero globally for all users on the system I did that as follows:
Besides the fact that I need to run Zotero with root access to use auto update, is there any additional drawback?
3. If I never start Zotero from the command line, but always from the Ubuntu launcher is the following necessary:
1. When locally installing Zotero in my home directory, is there any recommendation regarding the exact directory? From what I see it can’t be installed to either ~/.zotero or ~/Zotero, because these are already used by the programme itself.
2. When installing Zotero globally for all users on the system I did that as follows:
sudo tar -xf ~/Downloads/Zotero-5.0.48_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C /opt
sudo bash /opt/Zotero_linux-x86_64/set_launcher_icon
sudo ln -s /opt/Zotero_linux-x86_64/zotero.desktop /usr/share/applications/
Besides the fact that I need to run Zotero with root access to use auto update, is there any additional drawback?
3. If I never start Zotero from the command line, but always from the Ubuntu launcher is the following necessary:
sudo ln -s /opt/Zotero_linux-x86_64/zotero /usr/bin/zotero
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2. This should work just fine
3. No.
I have linux Ubuntu running(also Gnome and Wayland) and trying to work through the basic installation instructions. I've run through set_launcher_icon and then zotero. No change. Do I need to run a sudo command from the terminal to install Zotero as a program?
Thanks and take pity on a noob.
Are you using Ubuntu 18.04?
If you want Zotero to be displayed in the Gnome Shell and have it in the launcher you need to create a symbolic link in the folder ~/.local/share/applications/ (this folder in in your home directory; the dot before local indicates that it's a hidden folder). There are two ways to do that:
1. easily via command line:
ln -s ~/Downloads/Zotero_linux-x86_64/zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
(if the Zotero-folder is not in Downloads, the command needs to be adjusted accordingly)
2. Drag and Drop the file to the directory ~/.local/share/applications/ while pressing CTRL + ↑
In order to get the Zotero icon shown you need to run the command:
bash ~/Downloads/Zotero_linux-x86_64/set_launcher_icon
Maybe sounds complicated, but it's very easy :)