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With the latest revision (4b6f1629341b), I was having issues with the icon (it appeared as a black Z instead of the new colorful icon). The below patch fixed it for me:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index ef8e029..4ec4cbd 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package() {
   install -Dm644 "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/zotero/icons/icon32.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/zotero.png
   install -Dm644 "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/zotero/icons/icon64.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/zotero.png
   install -Dm644 "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/zotero/icons/icon128.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/zotero.png
-  install -Dm644 "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/zotero/icons/symbolic.svg "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/zotero.png
+  install -Dm644 "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/zotero/icons/symbolic.svg "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/zotero-symbolic.svg
   # No need to keep a shell around when launching Zotero
   sed -i -r 's/^("\$CALLDIR\/zotero-bin" -app "\$CALLDIR\/application.ini" "\$@")/exec \1/' "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/zotero/zotero
 }

Hi @raffaem, the use of one or the other place is more a matter of opinion. Arch package guidelines only describes very general orientation for this affair. The reality is that all the ways work, all the ways makes sense, and, in the end, there will be always packages in all places. If in the future Arch package guidelines bets for a solution, and it is clearly described, I will change it.

Isn't it better to install this under /opt and not under /usr/lib?

After building and installing, zotero-bin, 6.0.35-2, won't start:

❯ zotero

(zotero:11732): Gtk-WARNING **: 07:10:22.631: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:34: Expected ')' in color definition

(zotero:11732): Gtk-WARNING **: 07:10:22.631: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:77: Expected ')' in color definition
[1]    11732 segmentation fault (core dumped)  zotero

See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2158214#p2158214

phcerdan It seems an Nvidia issue. Try to use a former Nvidia driver version or former zotero version. Please, share your outcomes.

Hitting the following:

zotero &                                                                                                     

src/nv_gbm.c:242: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_create_device_native): nv_common_gbm_create_device failed (ret=-1)

[1]  + 36723 segmentation fault (core dumped)  zotero

Such a usefull PKGBUILD, thanks to juanmah for the work maintaining it.

So many votes. And yet still no official Arch package for Zotero.

Why is it so ? Is there anything about Zotero that makes it difficult to build/maintain ? Is it lack of interest by any official Arch packager ?

By the way, Zotero 7 (late 2023)

Zotero 7 represents a major upgrade of the underlying Mozilla Firefox architecture, accompanied by a major rewrite of its source code.

@rosenberg the error seems pretty clear. Have you tried not building the package as root? Have you read the wiki about using the AUR?

I always test the package if it installed from AUR.

I also run 'makepkg PKGBUILD', and it builds correctly.

Can you try to build another AUR package and confirm if you can build it? Or building through AUR?