How to run Zotero literature reference application? (solved)

[memo]

hi all,

I am trying to install zotero literature reference application https://www.zotero.org/ I installed it then I got an error message because it is running as a root ( screenshot 1) then I press continue. The apps starts and then I try to install an addon that link zotero to libreoffice but it fails.

from that main window of the app, i choose tools>addons> zotero libreoffice integration > preferences >cite ( from the top menu) > word processor (screenshot 2)

then I click install llibreoffice addin, but it faill (scrrenshot 3).

then it require a package called, default-jre, I have installed it. the I got this error (screenshot 4).

then I pressed next and I get this window (screenshot 5)

I pressed next, and I got this final error (screenshot 6).

Hope you guys can help me solving this one as I need this app to work.

thanks

[memo]

with the help of Atto, fumbduck and 666philb we could work out a solution.

you need to install it manually , then go to tool>option> advanced and choose the other java built 1.8.0_222.

you should be able not to do your citation. good luck and thanks again

[Puppyt]

Hi memo -
glad to see you persevered with your install of Zotero. It is one of my "desert island" softwares and I use it across all my computers, in both Puppy and Windows installs. I have been using it since it began as a Firefox extension. I am also disappointed to see the "panic message" pervading the recent stand-alone versions of Zotero.
Rock on

[memo]

@ Puppyt

thanks for your replay. unfortunately, it is far from stable. I have stalled Xenilla 32 bit two many times since then, one time works the other not, no idea why, same procedures same os and same machine.

[Puppyt]

memo I've been migrating all my platforms to 64-bit environments, so have no recent experience with 32-bit Puppy + Zotero. I will try later with radky's Dpup Stetch to see if I can catch your stability issues - at least you got java sorted...

[memo]

@Puppyt

Thanks man!

[Puppyt]

- slipped my mind memo - will zip out of BionicPup64 for now and into Dpup Stretch - thanks for your patience...
(anything I can do for a fellow Zoterian...)

UPDATE - strangely, the only-available 32-bit puppy install i have is not playing nice with the wifi card - I will have to try again tomorrow evening - huge day for me, sorry

[memo]

thanks Puppyt , take your time.

[B.K. Johnson]

Hello memo
I downloaded zotero last night, but haven't tried it yet. I can't find openjdk-8. Can you help?
TIA

[Mike Walsh]

Best way to get OpenJDK ( or JRE-8 as it's better known - the Java Runtime Environment), is direct from Oracle's relevant downloads page, here:-

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java ... 33155.html

The only 'fly in the ointment' being that where before you were able to download it, no strings attached, Oracle now require an account to be created before you can download anything from them....

The current JRE8 release is Update_231. Although not the newest, I did manage to snag the last but one, Update 211, some months back, just before Oracle started getting all snotty about the free downloads.

This will do what's required for the Zotero plug-in, indeed any Java app that most of us will ever wish to run in Puppy. For anyone who wants them, they can be found at my Google Drive, here:-

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Just navigate through and help yourself to the one you want. Also available is the Java Information Panel created by rerwin, which gives you some degree of control over the beast.....


Mike.

[memo]

Hi B.K. Johnson ,

Hello memo
I downloaded zotero last night, but haven't tried it yet. I can't find openjdk-8. Can you help?
TIA

here is what I have done. a while a go the java was already installed (from the quickpet) so I didn't install it again. after unzipping the zotero and run it and follow the procedure you will fail to install the openlibre addon, that is fine because you are going to install it manually.

after libreoffice fails to install the addon, click on manual installation and make sure that you are connected to the internet, zotero will download the addon that is needed although it wouldnot install it for you.

then you openlibre office and install it like any normal addon. then restart libreoffice and try to use the installed addon. you will fine that the libreoffice crashes and that is also fine.

restart libre office and this time donot use the addon, but go directly to tools > option> advanced and wait few seconds, you will find that there is another java build in the box, click it and restart . then try the addon and it should be working fine now.

good luck

[B.K. Johnson]

@Mike
As soon as I saw the first link, anxious as I was, I clicked on it. After pussy-footing around on the site with name and password log-in issues, I gave up, only to return to your post to see that you had had a similar experience.

Thanks for the sfs on your Google Drive. Got it OK!

@memo
Thank you, memo.
Your experience will be beneficial.