Which is not very convenient for me when I research in FF and just want to quickly store an article or webpage to zotero (it is annoying enough having to start an extra program instead of just clicking the "Z" button from within FF). Resulting in an up-to-date version of Z5 that I only can start by opening a terminal window, move into the right path and run zotero from there. Although I run the "set_launcher_icon" script with sudo and do not get an error message the script seems not to work well for me.
I uninstalled the ppa and tried the manual way, downloading the file from zotero homepage and following the instructions on the help page ( ) into /opt path. fair enough installing the zotfile extension into Z5 works fine without privileges issues.Ģ.
Updating from within zotero does not work for missing privileges and I think it is no good idea to give zotero permanent superuser privileges for security reasons and also for not having two update mechanisms (ppa and zotero itself) interfering each other. Looking at the git-hubs back-lock I have the feeling that Sebastiaan only updates versions from time to time - for which I can not blame him, after all it is his decision what to do with his free time. In result I have an outdated 5.0.23 while 5.0.25 is actual version.
I installed Z5 using Sebastiaans helpful ppa.
Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück ("Sub-process of installed post-installtion script gives error code 1")įehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von ("Error by working with"):Į: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)Īfter FF57 update forced me to leave zoteros FF-integration and switch to the new standalone version Z5 on my Linux run notebook (ubuntu 16.04lts derivate elementaryOS) I am stuck between two options:ġ. 17:02:25 FEHLER ("mistake") 403: Forbidden.ĭpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes ("Error by working with package") zotero-standalone (-configure): HTTP-Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort ("http-demanded, wait for answer").
The were ignored or old once used instead.Īnd finally sudo apt-get install zotero-standalone -fix-missing ended with:Īuflösen des Hostnamen » ()«. open (13: no permission) E: Some Indexfiles couldn't be downloaded. I try it in English: Failure in fetching įile /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/de._ubuntu_dists_xenial-backports_main_dep11_icons-64圆4.tar.gz couldn't be opened. Sie wurden ignoriert oder alte an ihrer Stelle benutzt." open (13: Keine Berechtigung) Į: Einige Indexdateien konnten nicht heruntergeladen werden. "E: Fehlschlag beim Holen von Datei /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/de._ubuntu_dists_xenial-backports_main_dep11_icons-64圆4.tar.gz konnte nicht geöffnet werden. Just beware, the free account doesn't offer much storage space.Ok, today I achieved to add the repository ppa:smathot/cogscinl but sudo apt-get update ended with: Zotero is an excellent research manager with some helpful and time-saving tools.
Basic upgrades aren't cheap, either (even 2GB costs $20/ year), although you can opt for unlimited storage for $120/ year.
The only real issue here is that Zotero's free account offers a mere 300MB storage space, not a lot if you're hoping to add several chunky PDFs. And once it's done you're able to view your current research from any device, access files or links, add notes and more.Īnyone writing an academic paper on all this can quickly generate bibliographies, properly formatted citations and more, mostly just by dragging and dropping (the program includes Word and LibreOffice/ OpenOffice addons to make the process easier). You have to create a free account to set this up, but it only takes a moment, and they don't need anything more than your email address. Your research library is stored centrally, on Zotero's servers. But the best part is most of this content is indexed: type a word or two in the search box and it scans your web content, local files, notes, tags and more, listing any hits. You're able to organise them into "collections" (folders, basically). The link will appear in Zotero's library, and you can then add more, or import local files just by dragging and dropping them onto the program.Įach of your references may be annotated with text notes, tags and more. Once you've set everything up, for instance, adding some web reference is usually as easy as clicking a button in your browser (Firefox, Chrome and Safari are supported).
It has many professional features (there are more than 7,000 CSL-based style templates to ensure you get the citation format you need), but the core of the program is simple enough for anyone to use. Zotero is a powerful tool for managing any research project.