https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/instructions/Recent content in Instructions on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/zotero_on_ubuntu/Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/zotero_on_ubuntu/<p>The official way to install Zotero on Linux is mildly speaking a nightmare ( <a href="https://www.zotero.org/support/installation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.zotero.org/support/installation&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> ). The fact that you need detailed instructions and command line skills to succeed in the installation speaks for itself:</p>https://jeltsch.org/en/eduroam/Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/eduroam/<p>This morning it took me an hour to get <a href="https://www.eduroam.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Eduroam&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> working. Eduroam is the international WLAN roaming service for university students and staff. I brought in my (non-university managed) laptop to work and tried to get connected. I finally found the instructions on the <a href="https://helpdesk.it.helsinki.fi/en/search?keys=Eduroam&#43;Linux" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">IT Helpdesk site on place place 19&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> (from 21 results shown on the first page when searching for &ldquo;Eduroam Linux&rdquo;): <a href="https://helpdesk.it.helsinki.fi/en/instructions/logging-and-connections/networks/installation-eduroam-network-on-ubuntuAs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://helpdesk.it.helsinki.fi/en/instructions/logging-and-connections/networks/installation-eduroam-network-on-ubuntuAs&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> usual, the instructions are from many years back and no longer work on a &ldquo;recent&rdquo; system such as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. On top of this, I had some old, dysfunctional Eduroam settings lingering around from a previous failed attempt. For the instructions below, you will need the Eduroam configuration tool, which you can download from <a href="https://cat.eduroam.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://cat.eduroam.org&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> . To make it work, I had to do the following things:</p>