05-17-2011, 04:07 PM | #1 |
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Calibre in Linux mint
I am having problems with calibre in linux mint. I had the version listed in mint synaptic installed 0.6.42 and upgraded to 0.8.0 I then had two icons in my menu list. I tried to uninstall the old version and got an error "E: calibre: unable to securely remove '/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/manual/epub.py'" now my synaptic will not install any updates and fails with that same error every time.
Can anyone help me with this problem? If I wanted to how would I completely remove calibre and start over? Thanks Jon |
05-17-2011, 04:15 PM | #2 |
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sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/calibre
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05-17-2011, 04:17 PM | #3 |
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The official binary installer does not install to that location nor does it use synaptics. You will need to contact your distros support channel about issues with uninstalling their package.
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05-17-2011, 04:34 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the replies. I also posted a question in my distro forum.
Am I correct in that the sudo rm -rf command will remove the files in the listed location? Thanks |
05-17-2011, 04:35 PM | #5 |
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Yes, rm -rf means delete all files in the listed directory as any subdirectories.
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05-18-2011, 04:42 AM | #6 |
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open a terminal
enter sudo -s rm -rf /opt/calibre rm -rf /usr/lib/calibre apt remove --purge calibre that should remove both versions you installed, then just install the downloaded version as the package version is very OLD. |
05-18-2011, 02:16 PM | #7 | |
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I am using Calibre in Mint Linux.
I always install from official Calibre page. You copy and paste one line. Quote:
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