04-29-2009, 11:16 PM | #1 |
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Calibre for Ubuntu (Jaunty)
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I tested Calibre on Windows and I liked it so much I upgraded my Ubuntu PCs to Jaunty to install the version from the 'Official' repository. Installation went fine and I copied over my library from the Windows installation. Everything seemed fine until I clicked on the View button. Nothing happens - just a couple of seconds of wait then nothing. Reader does not open. I unchecked all of the viewer options and can get PDF format open with an external reader but nothing for the FB2 or EPUB formats. Looking at the system log I found the following message: calibre-paralle[4719]: segfault at 740064 ip b4d906c7 sp bfb350ac error 4 in libQtWebKit.so.4.5.0[b484e000+ddc000] Any thoughts or pointers - did I screw up the installation? |
04-30-2009, 12:09 AM | #2 |
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the calibre viewer in the ubuntu installation is incompatible with qt 4.5, try commenting out the line
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#self.view.setProperty("url", QtCore.QVariant(QtCore.QUrl("about:blank"))) |
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04-30-2009, 12:33 AM | #3 |
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I installed the version from the Calibre site on my JJ and everything works just dandy.
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04-30-2009, 02:40 AM | #4 |
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the binary installer includes its own private copy of qt 4.4
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04-30-2009, 10:08 AM | #5 |
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Worked perfectly - Thank you.
The comments in the main_ui.py script say that any changes will be lost. Will this occur on a reinstall? Thanks again - and congratulations for a great product. |
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04-30-2009, 10:15 AM | #6 |
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yeah, you will have to redo the change on a re-install
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05-02-2009, 03:45 PM | #7 |
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The version in Jaunty that I got after the installation was 0.4.129, which is ancient, considering calibre's rapid development (thanks, Kovid).
The binary install directly from the web site still looks the best choice for up-to-date calibre. |
05-02-2009, 05:23 PM | #8 |
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Add repository
Just add the repository
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fabricesp/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main as described here https://launchpad.net/~fabricesp/+archive/ppa The version in there is 0.5.9 while Kovid has released 0.5.10 (enough up to date for you ?) |
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You guys just too lazy for the binary download?
Seriously, that's the best choice overall. |
05-03-2009, 11:41 AM | #11 |
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Well... yes. One could argue that laziness is not only an inherent part of human nature, but also the driving force of technology. There.
On a more serious note, I never close calibre (it mimizes itself), and Linux boxes go without reboots for long periods of time. Calibre's own notification function is hence circumvented. The distribution of updates is the function best pushed to the distros. Except it is hard to keep up with Kovid. |
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Perhaps we could bribe Kovid to put in new functionality to do a version check every so many days for the Linux users in the crowd. :-) |
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05-03-2009, 01:57 PM | #13 |
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That sounds like a really good idea.
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<property name="url" > <url> <string>about:blank</string> </url> </property> |
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Kovid,
Any progress on providing Calibre for Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1? On attempted install, I got Illegal Instruction? |
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