Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't insert citation (Zotero)

Sep 28, 2023 1:42:11 AM John Jason Jordan <johnxj@gmx.com>:

> I have recently installed SparkyLinux, based on Debian Stable, and it
> came with LibreOffice 7.4.7.2 installed without choice in the default.
> The default, however, did not install Zotero, which I absolutely must
> have. The distribution's repositories have Zotero 6.0.27, so I
> installed it, and later I replaced it with Beta 7.0.0.42. When I launch
> Writer I find the Zotero toolbar in View > Toolbars, and it looks
> normal, but when I click on it to enter a citation nothing happens; no
> error messages, nada. There is also a button for Add/Edit Bibliography,
> but it also does nothing.
>
> The installation added a launch entry for Zotero, which brought up my
> hundreds of documents, so I guess I haven't lost anything yet. But it
> would be really nice if I could use it.
>
> The only literature I can find says that installing Zotero
> automatically links it to installed word processors. In my case I must
> characterize that as wishful thinking.
>
> Some have said that you must have Java installed. OpenJDK came with
> the operating system, and LO finds it, with the 'Use' button checked in
> the Advanced window. However, below that is a little place which is
> supposed to list the provider of the Java, and it is blank. 
> Furthermore,
> if I un-check the 'Use' button, a few minutes later it becomes checked
> again, all by itself. Weirdness abounds.
>
> I have Zotero.oxt from a previous LO, so I added it in Tools >
> Extensions, but it didn't make any difference. And 'Add Extensions'
> produced an Unofficial Zotero add-in, which I also installed, also
> without accomplishing anything. The Add Extensions option also offered
> the official extension from Zotero, but it doesn't actually download an
> .oxt file. I'm not sure what it did, but whatever it did resulted in no
> change.
>
> I need my Zotero! Can anyone offer suggestions?
>
>
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My suggestion is to try the non beta version of zotero and see if that 
does what you want.

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