calibre 0.6.17 fails to upgrade

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 07:14 AM

Hi,

I get the following error:

Code:

sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()"
Enter the installation directory for calibre [/opt]: 
Will download and install calibre-0.6.18-x86_64.tar.bz2
                                                         Downloading calibre-0.6.18-x86_64.tar.bz2                                                          
100% [==================================================================================================================================================]
                                                                                                                                                            Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
readlink: illegal option -- e
usage: readlink [-n] [file ...]
usage: dirname string [...]
/opt/calibre/calibre_postinstall: /loader: not found

Run "calibre" to start calibre

When calibre is started, it's still the old version.

Running ubuntu karmic.

cheers

kovidgoyal · 10-19-2009, 11:50 AM

Post the result of running

readlink --help

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 01:51 PM

Here you go:

Code:

$ readlink --help
Usage: readlink [OPTION]... FILE
Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

  -f, --canonicalize            canonicalise by following every symlink in
                                every component of the given name recursively;
                                all but the last component must exist
  -e, --canonicalize-existing   canonicalise by following every symlink in
                                every component of the given name recursively,
                                all components must exist
  -m, --canonicalize-missing    canonicalise by following every symlink in
                                every component of the given name recursively,
                                without requirements on components existence
  -n, --no-newline              do not output the trailing newline
  -q, --quiet,
  -s, --silent                  suppress most error messages
  -v, --verbose                 report error messages
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

kovidgoyal · 10-19-2009, 01:53 PM

Do you have some shell other than bash set as /bin/sh?

ls -l /bin/sh

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 01:54 PM

Please note that I have successfully upgraded using this method I think 5 times now, this is the first time I have encountered any error at all (that being said, Karmic is still beta although it is very close to the release date. I system update daily.)

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Do you have some shell other than bash set as /bin/sh?

ls -l /bin/sh

/bin/sh is dash which is like, but not a clone of, ksh
My environment is bash.

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 01:59 PM

Would it help if rather than running as sudo, that I became root, invoked bash, then ran the command?

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by booksonthemove

Would it help if rather than running as sudo, that I became root, invoked bash, then ran the command?

seems to not make any odds, sudo retains my shell.

kovidgoyal · 10-19-2009, 02:59 PM

edit /opt/calibre/calibre (its a bash script) and see where the error is occurring

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

edit /opt/calibre/calibre (its a bash script) and see where the error is occurring

In between your last reply and this one, I became root and re-downloaded/reran the script. I made sure i was in bash before running it. It still completed with errors, here is the output:

Code:

# python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()"
Enter the installation directory for calibre [/opt]:
Will download and install calibre-0.6.18-x86_64.tar.bz2
                                                         Downloading calibre-0.6.18-x86_64.tar.bz2                                                          
100% [==================================================================================================================================================]
                                                                                                                                                            Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Creating symlinks...
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/fetch-ebook-metadata to /usr/bin/fetch-ebook-metadata
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrf2lrs to /usr/bin/lrf2lrs
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-convert to /usr/bin/ebook-convert
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-meta to /usr/bin/ebook-meta
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/pdfmanipulate to /usr/bin/pdfmanipulate
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrfviewer to /usr/bin/lrfviewer
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre to /usr/bin/calibre
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/markdown-calibre to /usr/bin/markdown-calibre
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-debug to /usr/bin/calibre-debug
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-parallel to /usr/bin/calibre-parallel
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/web2disk to /usr/bin/web2disk
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-server to /usr/bin/calibre-server
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-customize to /usr/bin/calibre-customize
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-viewer to /usr/bin/ebook-viewer
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-smtp to /usr/bin/calibre-smtp
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrs2lrf to /usr/bin/lrs2lrf
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-device to /usr/bin/ebook-device
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/librarything to /usr/bin/librarything
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibredb to /usr/bin/calibredb
Setting up bash completion...

____________________ WARNING ____________________
Setting up completion failed with error:
__________________________________________________
        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 176, in setup_completion
        ImportError: cannot import name titles

Trying to setup udev rules...
Installing MAN pages...
        Installing MAN page for ebook-meta
        Installing MAN page for ebook-convert
        Installing MAN page for web2disk
        Installing MAN page for calibre-server
        Installing MAN page for lrf2lrs
        Installing MAN page for lrs2lrf
        Installing MAN page for librarything
        Installing MAN page for calibre-debug
        Installing MAN page for calibredb
        Installing MAN page for calibre-customize
        Installing MAN page for pdfmanipulate
        Installing MAN page for fetch-ebook-metadata
        Installing MAN page for calibre-smtp
Setting up desktop integration...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/init.py", line 48, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 571, in main
  File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 143, in __init__
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root/.config/calibre'

Run "calibre" to start calibre

It seems to work - haven't really done much with it yet though.

booksonthemove · 10-19-2009, 05:12 PM

Nothing seems wrong in /opt/calibre/calibre

I mean under ubuntu /bin/sh has been linked to dash since forever. Is this version of calibre the first one where you've used a shebang path of #!/bin/sh ?

kovidgoyal · 10-19-2009, 05:14 PM

dash is fine. If it installed as root, you should be ok.

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10-19-2009, 11:50 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Post the result of running readlink --help

10-19-2009, 01:53 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Do you have some shell other than bash set as /bin/sh? ls -l /bin/sh

10-19-2009, 01:54 PM	#5
booksonthemove Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-600 with latest Calibre and Linux Ubuntu-9.10	Please note that I have successfully upgraded using this method I think 5 times now, this is the first time I have encountered any error at all (that being said, Karmic is still beta although it is very close to the release date. I system update daily.)

10-19-2009, 01:59 PM	#7
booksonthemove Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-600 with latest Calibre and Linux Ubuntu-9.10	Would it help if rather than running as sudo, that I became root, invoked bash, then ran the command?

10-19-2009, 02:59 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	edit /opt/calibre/calibre (its a bash script) and see where the error is occurring

10-19-2009, 05:12 PM	#11
booksonthemove Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-600 with latest Calibre and Linux Ubuntu-9.10	Nothing seems wrong in /opt/calibre/calibre I mean under ubuntu /bin/sh has been linked to dash since forever. Is this version of calibre the first one where you've used a shebang path of #!/bin/sh ?

10-19-2009, 05:14 PM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	dash is fine. If it installed as root, you should be ok.

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