How to install zotero in ubuntu?

I download the tar.bz file from the home page of zotero, extract it and run the file 'run-zotero.sh', but it open zotero rather than install it. How to install it? Any help or suggestion will be appreciated!

6 Answers

I suggest you add a ppa so that the program gets updated regularly:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:smathot/cogscinl 

Say yes/press enter to accept any requests.

sudo apt-get update 

wait for it to complete, then:

sudo apt-get install zotero-standalone 

This will install the program.

As of 2019, the preferred way of installing Zotero is by using Emiliano Heyns' packages.

Run the following instructions on your terminal:

wget -qO- | sudo bash sudo apt update sudo apt install zotero 

For additional information about the provided packages, see the README file.

Other answers should be considered obsolete, Sebastiaan Mathot's packages being no longer maintained.

This project is designed to automate installation. It worked for me with 13.04. To install it, run the following in your terminal:

wget -O /tmp/zotero_installer.sh chmod +x /tmp/zotero_installer.sh /tmp/zotero_installer.sh 

and answer the questions. If you want it to be installed globally, you will need sudo on the last command:

sudo /tmp/zotero_installer.sh 

I have installed Zotero on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS recently.

This is how I have done:

• First I downloaded the tarball from the Zotero Download page, extract its contents to a folder named Zotero_linux-x86_64.
• Then I ran the following commands in the terminal:

sudo mv -v Zotero_linux-x86_64 /opt/zotero/ ln -s /opt/zotero/zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop sudo /opt/zotero/set_launcher_icon 

That's it. The installation's completed.

I have searched and came to know that , there only standalone Zotero PPA not yet made for Ubuntu 13.04 . you can run it as you've done with the script upto PPA made.

but Ubuntu have a good Documentation for Zotero that can help you to get more information on usage of it.

I found a help here

The steps in the terminal are

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:smathot/cogscinl

Type your password and press ENTER when asked.

2. sudo apt-get update

3. sudo apt-get install zotero-standalone

This will install Zotero