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 ====== How Do I Install Zotero on a Chromebook? ====== ====== How Do I Install Zotero on a Chromebook? ======
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 +//Please note that Zotero can only run on x86_64 Chromebooks. It cannot run on ARM-based Chromebooks.//
  
 === Step 1: Set up Linux on Chrome OS === === Step 1: Set up Linux on Chrome OS ===
  
-  - On your Chromebook, open Settings, and click the three-lines menu at the upper left  +Following the steps from Google to [[https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en|Set up Linux on your Chromebook]].
-  - In the side menu that opens, click the "Linux (Beta)" option. +
-  - Go through the process of installing Linux on your Chromebook.+
  
 === Step 2: Open Terminal === === Step 2: Open Terminal ===
  
-  - After Linux is installed on your Chromebook, you will notice a new app in your overflow menu (where all your app icons live) called Terminal.+  - After Linux is installed, you will notice a new app in your overflow menu (where all your app icons live) called Terminal.
   - Wait for the Terminal app to open. This might take a few minutes the first time.   - Wait for the Terminal app to open. This might take a few minutes the first time.
  
 === Step 3: Install Zotero === === Step 3: Install Zotero ===
  
-Enter these commands in Terminal to install a packaged version of Zotero maintained by a community member:+Enter these commands in Terminal to install a packaged version of Zotero [[https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb|maintained by a community member]]:
  
 <code> <code>
-wget -qO- https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/releases/download/apt-get/install.sh | sudo bash+curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
 sudo apt update sudo apt update
 sudo apt install zotero sudo apt install zotero
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 === Step 4: Set up the Zotero Connector === === Step 4: Set up the Zotero Connector ===
  
-To use the Zotero Connector, which allows you to save from Chrome to Zotero and use Zotero in Google Docs, you may need to install a port-forwarding app such as Connection Forwarder. Close Zotero and any other Linux apps, and then set a forwarding rule as follows:+To use the Zotero Connector, which allows you to save from Chrome to Zotero and use Zotero in Google Docs, you may need to install a port-forwarding app such as Connection Forwarder. (On some Chromebooks this may not be required.) 
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 +To set up forwarding using Connection Forwarder, close Zotero and any other Linux apps, and then set a forwarding rule as follows:
  
   * Protocol: TCP   * Protocol: TCP
kb/installing_on_a_chromebook.1594057843.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/07/06 13:50 by dstillman