Calibre installation on Ubuntu 8.0.4

[yet]

Is there a reasonable way to install the latest Calibre version with Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS? I am getting issues with libqt3.

In general: is it possible to install the command-lines utilities only - In my case I don't have need for the UI?

[Manichean]

There are instructions for installing on the download page.

[yet]

Originally Posted by Manichean

There are instructions for installing on the download page.

I am able to read, dude.

Does it answer my clear question about Ubuntu 8.0.4? No.

[Pablo]

I think you mean Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
I installed calibre 0.7.4x on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS using the binary install method, but couldn't make it work, probably for not meeting all the necessary dependencies. Some days after that, I upgraded (online) Ubuntu to 10.04 LTS and calibre started working, even though I hadn't re-installed it.
While I had Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, earlier versions of calibre didn't recognise my Sony PRS-505 (because of some "deprecated" thing in the kernel), but now it does.
Note: you can install calibre from the Synaptic packet manager, but the version they make available is quite old.

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by yet

I am able to read, dude.

You gave no indication of the kind, dude. Basically, if someone waltzes in here and ask a question with little to no information given, it's always best to start at the basics. Which I did.

[user_none]

Originally Posted by yet

I am getting issues with libqt3.

calibre does not use Qt3. All Qt libs are bundled with the binary installer.

Originally Posted by yet

In general: is it possible to install the command-lines utilities only - In my case I don't have need for the UI?

No.

[yet]

Originally Posted by user_none

calibre does not use Qt3. All Qt libs are bundled with the binary installer.



No.

root@lvps178-77-74-179:~# /opt/python-2.6/bin/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-0.7.53-x86_64.tar.bz2
Downloading calibre-0.7.53-x86_64.tar.bz2
100% [================================================== ================================================== =============]
Downloaded 47438638 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 55, in main
File "site.py", line 41, in set_qt_plugin_path
ImportError: cannot import name QCoreApplication

Run "calibre" to start calibre
root@lvps178-77-74-179:~# cd /opt/calibre/
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# ls
bin calibre-debug calibre_postinstall ebook-meta lib lrs2lrf web2disk
calibre calibre-parallel calibredb ebook-viewer librarything markdown-calibre
calibre-complete calibre-server ebook-convert epub-fix lrf2lrs pdfmanipulate
calibre-customize calibre-smtp ebook-device fetch-ebook-metadata lrfviewer resources
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# bin/calibre
bin/calibre: error while loading shared libraries: libcalibre-launcher.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# bin/ebook-convert
bin/ebook-convert: error while loading shared libraries: libcalibre-launcher.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# find . -name libcalibre-launcher.so
./lib/libcalibre-launcher.so
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/calibre/lib
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# bin/ebook-convert
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 55, in main
File "site.py", line 41, in set_qt_plugin_path
ImportError: cannot import name QCoreApplication

[kovidgoyal]

Why are you running the launchers in /opt/calibre/bin/? Run the ones in /opt/calibre

[yet]

Originally Posted by yet

root@lvps178-77-74-179:~# /opt/python-2.6/bin/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-0.7.53-x86_64.tar.bz2
Downloading calibre-0.7.53-x86_64.tar.bz2
100% [================================================== ================================================== =============]
Downloaded 47438638 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 55, in main
File "site.py", line 41, in set_qt_plugin_path
ImportError: cannot import name QCoreApplication

Run "calibre" to start calibre
root@lvps178-77-74-179:~# cd /opt/calibre/
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# ls
bin calibre-debug calibre_postinstall ebook-meta lib lrs2lrf web2disk
calibre calibre-parallel calibredb ebook-viewer librarything markdown-calibre
calibre-complete calibre-server ebook-convert epub-fix lrf2lrs pdfmanipulate
calibre-customize calibre-smtp ebook-device fetch-ebook-metadata lrfviewer resources
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# bin/calibre
bin/calibre: error while loading shared libraries: libcalibre-launcher.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# bin/ebook-convert
bin/ebook-convert: error while loading shared libraries: libcalibre-launcher.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# find . -name libcalibre-launcher.so
./lib/libcalibre-launcher.so
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/calibre/lib
root@lvps178-77-74-179:/opt/calibre# bin/ebook-convert
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 55, in main
File "site.py", line 41, in set_qt_plugin_path
ImportError: cannot import name QCoreApplication

Unable to read?

/opt/python-2.6/bin/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-0.7.53-x86_64.tar.bz2
Downloading calibre-0.7.53-x86_64.tar.bz2
100% [================================================== ================================================== =============]
Downloaded 47438638 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 55, in main
File "site.py", line 41, in set_qt_plugin_path
ImportError: cannot import name QCoreApplication

tells you clearly that the error already occurs upon installation.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by yet

Unable to read?

Now that really motivates me to help you. Take a flying leap into the nearest well.

[yet]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Now that really motivates me to help you. Take a flying leap into the nearest well.

fool language removed

[kovidgoyal]

Thread closed, I dont have the time to deal with lackwits.