Calibre in Linux mint

Cy1clown · 05-17-2011, 04:07 PM

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

kovidgoyal · 05-17-2011, 04:15 PM

sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/calibre

user_none · 05-17-2011, 04:17 PM

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.

Cy1clown · 05-17-2011, 04:34 PM

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

kovidgoyal · 05-17-2011, 04:35 PM

Yes, rm -rf means delete all files in the listed directory as any subdirectories.

hairybiker · 05-18-2011, 04:42 AM

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.

kacir · 05-18-2011, 02:16 PM

I am using Calibre in Mint Linux.
I always install from official Calibre page.
You copy and paste one line.

Quote:

sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()"

You might want to uninstall Calibre you installed from Ubuntu repositories, because Calibre from official pages installs to /opt directory by default. Then it places symlinks for Calibre binaries to /usr/bin

05-17-2011, 04:07 PM	#1
Cy1clown Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Device: eBookwise	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

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05-17-2011, 04:15 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/calibre

05-17-2011, 04:17 PM	#3
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	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.

05-17-2011, 04:34 PM	#4
Cy1clown Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Device: eBookwise	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
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yes, rm -rf means delete all files in the listed directory as any subdirectories.

05-18-2011, 04:42 AM	#6
hairybiker Banned Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Tolino Shine 3	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.

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