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). A Snap store is available; users can search and find apps from here, https://snapcraft.io/store. Reference Snap getting started https://snapcraft.io/docs/getting-started How to Install and Use Snap on Ubuntu 18.04 https://codeburst.io/how-to-install-and-use-snap-on-ubuntu-18-04-9fcb6e3b34f... -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India-686 560 My Home Page: http://www.vimalkumar.info My Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.com http://dspacegeek.blogspot.com http://moovandan.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.