0.6.0: can't install/launch

[andrewb]

Upon attempting an install of 0.6.0, I get a failure. This is not the segmentation fault mentioned on the download page.

Here's a copy/paste from my shell:


abennett@E6400:~/calibre$ cd ../tempc
abennett@E6400:~/tempc$ sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux_binary_installer').read(); main()"
Enter the installation directory for calibre (Its contents will be deleted!)[/opt/calibre]: /home/abennett/calibre
Downloading calibre...
100% [================================================== ====================]
Extracting files to /home/abennett/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/init.py", line 43, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 8, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 11, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 339, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/output.py", line 18, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 22, in <module>
File "ExtensionLoader_PyQt4_QtWebKit.py", line 12, in <module>
ImportError: libphonon.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


And then I'll try and launch calibre from the shell:


abennett@E6400:~/tempc$ ../calibre/calibre
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/init.py", line 43, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py", line 11, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 11, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 339, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/output.py", line 18, in <module>
File "/home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 22, in <module>
File "ExtensionLoader_PyQt4_QtWebKit.py", line 12, in <module>
ImportError: libphonon.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
abennett@E6400:~/tempc$

[andrewb]

I forgot to mention, this occurred on Ubuntu 9.04

[smartroad]

I have just checked the repository in Ubuntu 9.04 and it lists the latest version as 0.4.143?! I am reasonably new to linux so I may be confusing this as the installed version I have is 0.5.13 according to the Calibre but Synaptic says it is this 0.4.413 installed. I am confused

Sorry don't mean to hijack your thread but thought it was relevant.

[user_none]

Originally Posted by smartroad

I have just checked the repository in Ubuntu 9.04 and it lists the latest version as 0.4.143?! I am reasonably new to linux so I may be confusing this as the installed version I have is 0.5.13 according to the Calibre but Synaptic says it is this 0.4.413 installed. I am confused

Sorry don't mean to hijack your thread but thought it was relevant.

Ubuntu freezes the versions of applications they distribute for the life of a release. They either back port security fixes or do minor version bumps when necessary. 0.4.143 is the lastest they are offering though their package system. You probably used the binary installer to get 0.5.13.

[kovidgoyal]

If you're on a 64 bit computer, you need a 32bit version of the libphonon library.

[andrewb]

I have 32 bit Ubuntu 9.04. Had several previous versions of Calibre working successfully, but not 0.6.0. The last was 0.5.13 or 5.14.

What does libphonon come with? It's not on my distribution.

A fruitless web search pulled up a lot of references to KDE for libphonon. However, I use gnome.

Secondly, is it possible to install the previous binary version? If so, how does one do that?

[user_none]

Originally Posted by andrewb

I have 32 bit Ubuntu 9.04. Had several previous versions of Calibre working successfully, but not 0.6.0. The last was 0.5.13 or 5.14.

What does libphonon come with? It's not on my distribution.

Install the phonon package. It will pull in libphonon4 and phonon-backend-gstreamer packages.

[andrewb]

Originally Posted by user_none

Install the phonon package. It will pull in libphonon4 and phonon-backend-gstreamer packages.

sudo apt-get install libphonon

that worked, but it pulled down 30+mb of libraries and such. This dependency should be called out somewhere on the download page, along with tips for the users who aren't terribly familiar with linux to get around it.

[AprilHare]

OK. I need 32 bit libphonon library to install calibre 0.6.0. How to actually install that on AMD64 (safely) is something I am unsure of.

[Janothar]

I'm getting the same error as andrewb on an older Kubuntu: 8.04. My best guess so far is that my error is due to my using KDE 3.5 rather than KDE 4. Anyone managed to get this working on 3.5? My last Calibre was 0.5.7, and it worked perfectly.

[kovidgoyal]

0.6.1 will include a bundled libphonon that I hope will fix these issues

[libraryaddict]

Another problem: seems to fit this thread, though!

I'm trying to install calibre on my Eee pc, I've got as far as the setup, but got the response

File "setup.py", line 73
podofo_inc = '/usr/include/podofo' if islinux else \

Syntax error: invalid syntax


Can anybody tell me where I am going wrong? (I'm a complete beginner with linux, so no explanation is too simple). Thank you!

[kovidgoyal]

If you're installing from source you need to have python2.6, otherwise use the binary installer

[libraryaddict]

I've tried using the binary installer, but don't seem to be getting anywhere with it.

I've got python 2.6.

[libraryaddict]

And, sorry, thanks for the help!