Zotero reference management tool has no Debian/Redhat package for installation. Users had to install from source. Installation from source is not easy for Linux newbies. Now Zotero snaps packaging available.
Snap is a software package management and deployment system developed by Canonical (Mother organisation of Ubuntu Linux). It's easy to deploy applications using the Snap tool. Snap package management system can work with most Linux distributions (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch). Packages are called 'snaps' and the package management tool called 'snapd'. Linux users have to install the snapd tool in Linux to install applications in the snap repository.
Install Snap
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Restart the computer after the installation of snapd.
Install Zotero using snap
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organise, cite, and share your research sources.
Apply the following command to install Zotero snap package,
sudo snap install zotero-snap
Zotero icon will appear in application launcher (Zotero icon appeared in Office > Zotero in my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS).
If Zotero icon not appeared on the application launcher, apply following command to run manually,
sudo cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/* /usr/share/applications/
A Snap store is available; users can search and find apps from here, https://snapcraft.io/store.
Reference
Snap getting started
How to Install and Use Snap on Ubuntu 18.04
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