Problem with calibre installation of linux mint

ajambi · 01-05-2010, 04:17 PM

I installed caliber version 0.6.29 on linux mint gloria some time ago and found it to be perfect for my needs and compatible with my reader. However, I foolishly just updated my calibre version to 0.6.32 and immediately encountered problems. During the binary install it listed a number of errors. I can copy and paste what those errors were here but my knowledge of linux is too basic to do much about it. I immediately went to sourcefourge and downloaded the tar.bz2 file of the previous version I had. I went to /opt/calibre and tried deleting its contents but it said permission denied. Then I tried extracting the folder to that destination without deleting its original contents and it once again said permission denied. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

kovidgoyal · 01-05-2010, 06:48 PM

Prefix your delete and extract commands with the word sudo followed by a space

ajambi · 01-06-2010, 12:10 PM

Ok that did the trick. I'm glad I could get it working again you've built a great program. Thanks for the help

01-05-2010, 04:17 PM	#1
ajambi Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-500	Problem with calibre installation of linux mint I installed caliber version 0.6.29 on linux mint gloria some time ago and found it to be perfect for my needs and compatible with my reader. However, I foolishly just updated my calibre version to 0.6.32 and immediately encountered problems. During the binary install it listed a number of errors. I can copy and paste what those errors were here but my knowledge of linux is too basic to do much about it. I immediately went to sourcefourge and downloaded the tar.bz2 file of the previous version I had. I went to /opt/calibre and tried deleting its contents but it said permission denied. Then I tried extracting the folder to that destination without deleting its original contents and it once again said permission denied. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

01-05-2010, 06:48 PM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,519 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Prefix your delete and extract commands with the word sudo followed by a space __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

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01-06-2010, 12:10 PM	#3
ajambi Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-500	Ok that did the trick. I'm glad I could get it working again you've built a great program. Thanks for the help


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