Packaged versions of Zotero and Juris-M for Debian-based systems
Packaged versions of Zotero and Juris-M for Debian-based systems
(re)install using
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-pkg/master/install.sh | sudo bashMirrors:
See install.sh explanation below and adjust URL accordingly
This repository contains packaged releases of Zotero for Debian-based Linux systems and Crostini-enabled chromebooks, and the script used to build them. It also offers the latest nightly zotero-beta.
This repository updates to new releases of Zotero within 30 minutes, often faster.
The packages include the whole Zotero binaries, as built by Zotero teams themselves.
The packages provide a system-wide installation (into the /usr/lib directory), as opposed to a single-user installation (e.g. in your HOME directory).
They manage both desktop file registration and MimeType registration.
If you're previously used the tarball install, delete ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop.
To install Zotero, use the following commands:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-pkg/master/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zoteroNote
You can use curl instead of wget by typing
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-pkg/master/install.sh | sudo bashThe Zotero programs provided by this repository have their self-update facility disabled.
Simply rely on on your system's package manager to give you update notifications when a new version comes out.
Alternatively, you can use the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgradeinstall.sh will ask for sudo permissions to install the pointer to the apt repo, and to add the signing key to the keyring.
This repo also has the nightly beta's, installable as the zotero-beta package. You can install these alongside the regular packages.
The accepted key format in Debian-based systems seems to have changed a while ago, which means the existing signing verification key you have may no longer be available during install. Re-running the install script will remedy that:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-pkg/master/install.sh | sudo bashadd the -m sources flag to the install script to install the new deb822 repo pointer format:
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-pkg/master/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -m sourcesInstructions for installation on Crostini-capable Chromebooks can be found on the wiki.
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-pkg/master/uninstall.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get purge zoteroinstall.shThe install.sh is convenient, but there's a risk to running random scripts from the internet as root. The script is fairly simple though, and the actions can be done by hand fairly easily. In the end it installs either /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zotero.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zotero.sources and the regular apt infrastructure is used from that point on.
This project now also offers experimental Nix packages.
If you don't have Nix on your system yet, you need to set it up first. Nix works on any Linux distribution (Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.) and macOS.
To avoid building Zotero from source, you can use the retorquere cache. This will download the pre-built binaries directly.
If you have Cachix installed, run:
nix profile install nixpkgs#cachix
sudo cachix use retorquere
cachix use retorquereRun Zotero immediately without a permanent installation. The files are kept in a temporary cache and won't touch your system configuration.
# Run the Stable version
nix run github:retorquere/zotero-pkg#zotero
# Run the Beta version
nix run github:retorquere/zotero-pkg#zotero-betanix profile add "github:retorquere/zotero-pkg#zotero"To rebuild this repo you need:
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