===== Does Zotero offer installable packages of Zotero for specific Linux distributions? =====

No. Zotero is distributed as [[/download/|a tarball]] that can be extracted and run manually or packaged by others according to distribution-specific standards. Some that have been packaged are


  - debian/ubuntu/some chromebooks
    * https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/ (replaces the retorquere PPA)
      * Includes packages for Zotero and Juris-M
  - Snap packages, usable on multiple distributions: https://snapcraft.io/zotero-snap
  - Flatpack packages, usable on multiple distributions: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.zotero.Zotero
  - debian
    * <del>[[http://packages.debian.org/sid/zotero-standalone|sid/unstable]]</del> no longer available
  - ubuntu
    * <del>There is a [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zotero-standalone-build|package]], but it may be defective (see discussion [[https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/29198/package-available-in-debian/#Item_5|here]].</del> no longer available
    * <del>There is also a PPA: https://launchpad.net/~smathot/+archive/cogscinl</del> no longer maintained; last version 5.0.60
    * <del>And another PPA: https://launchpad.net/~retorquere/+archive/ubuntu/zotero ; includes package for both Zotero and Juris-M</del> migrated (see above)
If your distro is not listed above, check if a package is already available. If so, please list it here; if not, please check if a packaging request has already been made (and consider making one if not), follow your distribution's guidelines for requesting a package.

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