Install libreoffice on Ubuntu

tombacker · February 21, 2021

I think it is reasonable to assume that I am quite stupid. I have close on 50 or 40 years of experience with computers, the last few decades on Macs and Windows, but extremely limited experience with Linux and Ubuntu. I would like to install Zotero on either Libreoffice, KIle or Texmaker, whatever is the simplest. On Ubuntu or Kubuntu whatever. And I mean the detailed and simplest, no fancy stuff. I have experimented with all kind of solutions found on the net for several days, but so far have not succeeded.

I do have the last version of Libreoffice and the other programs installed, as well as a BibTex library copied from my Mac. Which may be imported into Zotero. I think.

Tom

dstillman · February 21, 2021

Not really sure what you're asking here. Zotero has a LibreOffice plugin built-in. If you have a specific question, you'll need to ask it.

https://www.zotero.org/support/libreoffice_writer_plugin_usage

tombacker · February 21, 2021

Where do you get hold of Zotero for Ubuntu?

dstillman · February 21, 2021

https://www.zotero.org/download/
https://www.zotero.org/support/installation#linux

tombacker · February 21, 2021

If you try to allocate room for Zotero on /opt/ that part is blanked out and the allocation is therefore not allowed.

dstillman · February 21, 2021

We can't provide general Linux support here, sorry.

tombacker · February 21, 2021

That is arrogant. I asked for something simple, which you will not give. Thanks.

dstillman · February 21, 2021

No, you're just misunderstanding how tech support works. We make Zotero, and that's what we help people with here. There's no way we have the resources to help people with generic issues on their computers that have nothing to do with Zotero — that applies to Windows and macOS as equally as Linux. There are countless Linux forums on the internet where people can answer your questions. I have no idea what you're even asking, so I don't know how complicated it would end up being, but this isn't the place to get into it.

If you have a Zotero question, we're happy to help you here.

jesgar · February 21, 2021

On last versions Ubuntu installs LibreOffice (LO) as a snap package, that means it lives in something like its own container and that might be why you are experiencing problems installing Zotero. When installing LO on your software center look for the classical deb package and not the default snap one.

tombacker · February 22, 2021

I'll check that, thank you. Have do the training studio first. Any tricks distinguishing between the classical deb package and the default one?

Tom

jesgar · February 22, 2021

No Ubuntu machine at my hands now, but I guess you can identify it on "sources" in the package information (scroll down the window), for the snap package is something like source: snapcraft.io. I think that there are other libreoffice packages listed in software center, one of them is the deb. You can also widely switch software center from snap to deb.

These may help you:

[1] https://www.howtogeek.com/670084/what-you-need-to-know-about-snaps-on-ubuntu-20.04/

[2] https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2020/06/switching-software-center-from-snap-to-deb-on-ubuntu-2004.html

emilianoeheyns · March 1, 2021

If you install Zotero from snaps you may run into the same containerization issue. https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb has classical .debs for zotero (packaged by me -- they're the official Zotero binaries bit-for-bit, but the packaging itself is not associated with the Zotero team in any way).