mendeley desktop version 1.19.5 install in linux

mendeley desktop version 1.19.5 install in linux readme.sh

## Author: @kaiyom (in github)
## Licence: MIT
## My machine is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and this tecnique totally unofficial.


## Mendeley needs python2 where Ubuntu22.04 does not have this by default,
##  so we need to install it.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python2


## The python has 2 in it's name, but mendeley is looking for
##  python without 2. We have work around it by creating a symlink.

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python


## Mendeley also looking for package name python, to reslove this
##  we can create a fake package with same name. To do this we need
##  equivs package. Let's install it.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install equivs


## Now let's create the package

equivs-control python
nano python


## Write this following lines to in python file to consider it as a
##  package configuration. (write without """ quotes)

"""
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Standards-Version: 3.9.2

Package: python
Version: 2.7.18
Maintainer: Your Name <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Description: Dummy python package to satisfy dependencies
"""


## Now build the fake package and install it.

equivs-build python
sudo dpkg -i python_2.7.18_all.deb


## Download mendeley menually or
##  (Mendeley Desktop 1.19.5 for Ubuntu (64-bit))
##  https://www.mendeley.com/autoupdates/installers/1.19.5

## Download directly from terminal 

wget https://desktop-download.mendeley.com/download/apt/pool/main/m/mendeleydesktop/mendeleydesktop_1.19.5-stable_amd64.deb


## Now install the mendeley

sudo dpkg -i ./mendeleydesktop_1.19.5-stable_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f