> How do I install Zotero?
Mac Open the .dmg you downloaded and drag Zotero to the Applications folder. You can then run Zotero from Spotlight, Launchpad, or the Applications folder and add it to your Dock like any other program.
After installing Zotero, you can eject and delete the .dmg file.
Windows Run the setup program you downloaded.
Linux Download the tarball, extract the contents and run zotero from that directory to start Zotero.
For Ubuntu, the tarball includes a .desktop file that can be used to add Zotero to the launcher. Move the extracted directory to a location of your choice (e.g., /opt/zotero), run the set_launcher_icon script from a terminal to update the .desktop file for that location, and symlink zotero.desktop into ~/.local/share/applications/ (e.g., ln -s /opt/zotero/zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop). Zotero should then appear either in your launcher or in the applications list when click the grid icon (“Show Applications”), from which you can drag it to the launcher.
Ehhh, I am not doing all of that.
Wait, there is hope, it also says:
> Debian/Ubuntu-based Distros > A longtime community member maintains zotero-deb, a lightweight wrapper for > the official tarball.
Let's go there!
"PSA
I'm in the process of transferring the hosting of these packages to the Zoero organisation. Until that is done, the following options are available:
download from this repo (re)install using curl -sL https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/releases/download/a... | sudo bash caveat: github has made recent changes to how they're hosting release files, which triggered a long-standing bug in apt. If you hit this problem, see this thread for a workaround. download from sourceforge (re) install using curl -sL https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zotero-deb/install... | sudo bash caveat: sourceforge uses a mirror system that updates haphazardly and which may redirect you to a mirror that is down. If you get errors, try again in a few hours."