Running Zotero on Ubuntu Lucid

I have just upgraded my work machine (laptop) to Kubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.4) and have to say that I was mightily impressed with the ease of upgrade; 99% flawless. The one area where I did experience some difficulty was in running Zotero: Zotero Integration Error blared at me whenever I tried to add a citation. Fortunately, I had encountered this before and knew it was a problem regarding OpenJDK and IceTea. Indeed, a quick google search turned up the answer, which I will quote here, with minor alterations to account for the final versions. Open up a terminal and type, line by line:

sudo bash
sudo echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
exit
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Go into OpenOffice. Go to Tools -> Options -> Java and select the Sun 1.6.0.20 runtime. Close OpenOffice. Then, in Firefox go to Tools -> Add-Ons. Go to Zotero OpenOffice Integration and click Preferences. Reinstall the OpenOffice extensions from there. Fire everything up and you should be up and running!

Running Zotero on Ubuntu Lucid was originally published by Martin Paul Eve at Martin Paul Eve on May 01, 2010.