1. 下载安装包：https://www.zotero.org/download/

2. 解压安装包。并放到想要安装的位置。运行解压后的文件夹下的set_launcher_icon，此步骤是为了更新zotero.desktop文件。

3. 创建软链接，即快捷方式，譬如：

ln -s <解压后的安装包目录>zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop

4. 打开zotero

5. 如果以前有数据库。直接更改data directory 指向原来的数据库文件。其中数据库文件是指包含logs、pipes等子文件夹的一个文件夹。

 

官方安装介绍如下：

For Ubuntu, the tarball includes a .desktop file that can be used to add Zotero to the launcher. Move the extracted directory to a location of your choice (e.g., /opt/zotero), run the set_launcher_icon script from a terminal to update the .desktop file for that location, and symlink zotero.desktop into ~/.local/share/applications/ (e.g., ln -s /opt/zotero/zotero.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop). Zotero should then appear either in your launcher or in the applications list when click the grid icon (“Show Applications”), from which you can drag it to the launcher.