how do i update the program for Ubuntu (Jaunty release)? install gave me ver 0.4.143

Strike what I wrote, I misunderstood the question.

how do i update the program for Ubuntu (Jaunty release)? install gave me ver 0.4.143

I don't believe you can update to the newest versions through Ubuntu's official repositories. You need to go the official site and follow the instructions from there.


http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

But be awre that newer builds of calibre require glibc 2.10 which IIRC is not installed by default on ubuntu < 9.10

But be awre that newer builds of calibre require glibc 2.10 which IIRC is not installed by default on ubuntu < 9.10

would that explain why it keeps freezing?
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 13, in <module>
import setup.commands as commands
File "/home/cathal/calibre/calibre/setup/commands.py", line 28, in <module>
from setup.translations import POT, GetTranslations, Translations, ISO639
File "/home/cathal/calibre/calibre/setup/translations.py", line 14, in <module>
from setup.build_environment import pyqt
File "/home/cathal/calibre/calibre/setup/build_environment.py", line 12, in <module>
from PyQt4 import pyqtconfig
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PyQt4/pyqtconfig.py", line 37, in <module>
import sipconfig
ImportError: No module named sipconfig
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You're trying to build from source, to do that you need various dependencies and the -dev packages corresponding to them as well.

You're trying to build from source, to do that you need various dependencies and the -dev packages corresponding to them as well.

the problem is, according to what im reading here http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux , and my perusal of my package manager, i dont have access to the versions requested.

is there a repository that i can use to build these dependencies? i seemingly cannot use the .tar.bz2 files.

if it weren't for the rapid evolution of this program, id say throw everything into a CD image, so that it could be burned, and used as a cd repository, but i digress.. all this said, its really nice of you guys to develop this program, its sad that its necessary..

Not that I know of, but I'm no ubuntu guru (I use gentoo)