[ubuntu] Zotero Plugin OpenOffice Integration failed

audrika
Hello,

Since last update of my system, and for several weeks now, I have a
problem with the communication between OpenOffice and Zotero. I can not
insert citations from Zotero in my OpenOffice document anymore.

Report error text appearing in Firefox window :
“Firefox coudln't download the necessary component to communicate with
OpenOffice. Please, check your Firefox extension is appropriated and try
again”.

(In french: "Firefox n'a pas pu charger le composant nécessaire pour
communiquer avec votre traitement de texte. Veuillez vous assurer que
l'extension appropriée de Firefox est installée et réessayer.")

I don't think it is a Java problem, I've already checked the "pink rectangle".

I am working with the following versions :
Ubuntu Koala Karmic 9.10
OpenOffice 3.1
Firefox 3.5.9
Zotero 2.0.2
Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0a7

Could anyone help me with this?
Thanks,
Audrey
  • Simon
    This is almost always a Java problem. Are you sure that you have Sun Java installed and have selected it as the default plug-in (see here)? IcedTea Java, which comes with Ubuntu by default, works for most sites (including the Java tester), but the newer versions are incompatible with Zotero.
  • artificer
    edited September 4, 2010
    Dan Stillman just helped me solve a very similar problem by disabling the AppArmor Firefox profile. You can see if the AppArmor Firefox profile is enabled by looking for firefox in the output of:

    sudo apparmor_status

    And you can disable it by running:

    sudo aa-complain /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox

    This fixed the problem for me, I hope it works for you! See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor for more info on AppArmor.
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