[needs-packaging] Zotero

[Eric Brown]

Zotero is a very popular, open source reference manager that integrates with LibreOffice and Firefox.

https://www.zotero.org

The source code is a available (https://github.com/zotero/zotero) and is licenced under GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPLv3).

This application would be an excellent addition to the Ubuntu repository.

Note: Here is its page on Debian--I am not sure why it does not also exist in Ubuntu https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zotero-standalone-build

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Deleted on 2013-09-25: requires xulrunner which is no longer in Ubuntu; LP: #1222330

The package is also on the sync blacklist so it would need to be removed from there:
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/sync-blacklist.txt

In my opinion, it doesn't make sense for Ubuntu to have the Firefox addon since I believe the version in Debian does not work with the newer Firefox that Ubuntu has.

https://bugs.debian.org/871502 is interesting: I think when that bug is fixed, it would make sense to start syncing zotero from Debian again.

[Eric Brown (eberic)]

Thank you for the information. It does sound like once version > 5.0 is packaged in Debian, the problem will be resolved. Hopefully at that time it can be synced to Ubuntu.

[Yannick (yann1ck)]

I liked to raise this issure again. Zotero is the only comprehensive open source citation manager and it should be available directly. Furthermore it is a standalone software, but I am note sure how much of the code is based on Firefox.

These is a well supported PPA for Zotero on Github, too.
https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb

[Eric Brown (eberic)]

Work to package Zotero in Debian appears stalled. However, there is a flatpak available on flathub.org which is kept up to date and works well.

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.zotero.Zotero