Calibre 0.8.7 for linux needs libfontconfig.so.1

[technicaltitch]

Dear all

I installed calibre to my ubuntu server using the line:

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

The install went smoothly except an error with QDesktopServices, I assume as I don't have a GUI installed. QImage also failed. (Please bear with my linux ignorance.)

I have a custom recipe, so I try the line:

sudo ebook-convert economist-8-28.recipe econ.epub

I get the error:

InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 58, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py", line 325, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 989, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 239, in __call__
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/recipe_input.py", line 54, in convert
File "site-packages/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/web/feeds/news.py", line 30, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/magick/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
RuntimeError: Failed to load ImageMagick: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Any ideas? I can't find anything resembling libfontconfig in the calibre directories or install stdout.

Huge thanks
Chris

[kovidgoyal]

You need to install fontconfig on your server.

[technicaltitch]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You need to install fontconfig on your server.

It is unlikely anyone out there is as ignorant as me, but just in case, this fixed the problem..

sudo apt-get install fontconfig

duh..

thank you very much..

[technicaltitch]

Although later in the process I get a problem with QDesktopServices

67% Running EPUB Output plugin
Found non-unique filenames, renaming to support broken EPUB readers like FBReader, Aldiko and Stanza...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 58, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py", line 325, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1128, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/epub_output.py", line 163, in convert
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/rescale.py", line 16, in __call__
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name QDesktopServices


I tried installing QDesktopServices or Qt - not found.

Sorry..any ideas?

[technicaltitch]

sorry, got it -
sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt

[HarryT]

Is there any reason that you're installing such an ancient version of Calibre?

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Is there any reason that you're installing such an ancient version of Calibre?

He is installing the current version as evidenced by the command string he presented. He simply forgot to include the trailing 0 in the title.

I do wonder why he didn't use the full install string recommended on the download page, but I'm not a Linux user so I have no idea what the difference is.

sudo python -c "import sys; py3 = sys.version_info[0] > 2; u = __import__('urllib.request' if py3 else 'urllib', fromlist=1); exec(u.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read()); main()"

[technicaltitch]

Thanks for correcting me. Normally on Linux you get installations from repositories rather than the software website, so in my broad ignorance I got the command from one of those.