Thread: Calibre 0.7.50 can't see plugin files
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Old 04-25-2011, 07:13 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by mb_webguy View Post
I'm using Calibre 0.7.50 on Ubuntu 10.04, installed from Nate Muench's PPA for Lucid. When I try to add a plugin -- and so far this applies to all of the several different plugins I've downloaded from different sources -- the file browser dialog doesn't list the plugin zip files.

I'm running Calibre 0.7.18 on Ubuntu 10.10 on a different machine, and have no problem seeing and installing plugins. I briefly upgraded to 0.7.50 on that machine using Nate Meunch's main PPA, and had the same problems as on the first machine. Since the same problem occurred with the same version of Calibre on different machines installed from different sources (even if those sources are maintained by the same person), I have to think that it's a problem with the version.

I can't find a PPA or other means of successfully downgrading to 0.7.18 on Ubuntu 10.04, and since the alternative is to downgrade all the way to 0.6.42 or a more recent version of Ubuntu on that machine (neither of which is something I want to do), I'd really like to fix this plugin problem with 0.7.50.

Anyone have any idea about the cause of this problem, or a possible solution?
Why are you using a outdated (Calibre updates weekly) PPA?
Uninstall using Synaptic (your Library will be un-touched)
and Install pasting the command found at http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux (I send you to the official site, so you know the command is legitimate) into a Terminal.
It will ask for sudo password. Then just accept the default folder: /opt
Instant Calibre. Repeat weekly as needed
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