Copying it to ~/.usr/share/applications didn't work, as you've written (although it was successful in creating the icon launcher, though of course it did nothing). I just don't get why the instructions you've given result in a broken symlink...
Like I said, the appropriate path will be dependent on your distro. Since you know that putting something in ~/.usr/share/applications created a launcher entry, have you tried symlinking (not copying) to there instead of ~/.local/share/applications?
Reading through the thread here, as I have had issues installing Zotero Standalone to my Chromebook. To wit: I enabled Linux and was able to install it from the Packages/Software app that I installed using a Terminal command.
However, it appears that the default version is quite old (pre-5.0) and while I could get it to open using the recommendation to add the libdbus-glib package, once it opens, clicking on the "Preferences" menu item never opens anything and means I cannot add my login credentials to sync my library.
I am in no way savvy enough with Linux to fully comprehend how to install the downloadable package from the Zotero site. Does anyone here have a site I can go for easy, step-by-step instructions? Or would be willing to walk me through it?
@dstillman I've tried symlinkining (not copying) it into that directory, but the symlink doesn't work out (it appears as a broken symlink). I'll have to look into that next....
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However, it appears that the default version is quite old (pre-5.0) and while I could get it to open using the recommendation to add the libdbus-glib package, once it opens, clicking on the "Preferences" menu item never opens anything and means I cannot add my login credentials to sync my library.
I am in no way savvy enough with Linux to fully comprehend how to install the downloadable package from the Zotero site. Does anyone here have a site I can go for easy, step-by-step instructions? Or would be willing to walk me through it?
I've tried symlinkining (not copying) it into that directory, but the symlink doesn't work out (it appears as a broken symlink). I'll have to look into that next....