Hello, everybody! I've been doing quite a bit of reading in this forum lately, but this is my first message.
Here's the deal. I'm running a dual-boot operation on my computer. I have Windows XP SP3 on one partition, and Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal on the other one. Recently, I've been favouring Ubuntu more and more over XP. If it weren't for a couple programs I still can't get working like I want'em to, I would've swtiched to Linux for good a long time ago.
Calibre is just one of those programs.
I have a non-ePub Sony PRS-500. As I live in Argentina and this device was never officially marketed here, I never had the chance to send it over to Sony for an ePub upgrade, and now it's too late for that anyway. So, until I buy a newer device, I'm stuck with good old 500 (I'm not actually complaining, mind you, as I find this obsolete piece of hardware more than fitting to my needs).
The problem is, of course, loading books to it. I have Calibre 0.6.52 installed on Windows XP, and I've never experienced a problem with it. But on Linux, it's a whole other story. Since the newer versions of Calibre don't support non-ePub 500's anymore, I have to stick with an older one. But I can't seem to get any of those to work on Ubuntu 11! No, I correct myself: I can't even get them to
compile on Ubuntu.
As I see it, if I want to use my old PRS-500 with Calibre under Linux, I have one of the following options:
- I somehow make newer versions of Calibre, which are the ones I can install flawlessly, recognize the device (not likely, I think).
- I manage to make an older version of Calibre install smoothly.
- or I get a Windows version of Calibre working with Wine under Linux (no luck so far with this option either)
I thoroughly reject the notion of setting up a Virtual Machine with Windows so I can use Calibre. It just sounds ludicrous to me, to have to go to
that extent of trouble. So I'm asking for your help here, guys.
I'm open to suggestions of possible options I haven't thought about. Also, I'd like to hear from you which version of Calibre you'd recommend for my PRS-500. If it where for me, I'd like the program to support the device again, but I'm not about to start complaining or criticizing Kovid's work here (it's a wonderful program, and I love it). Sooo... Would anybody here be so kind as to help me install an older version of Calibre on Ubuntu 11? I'll be waiting for your responses to start posting error outputs or whatever you need.
Thank you all very much in advance! And please excuse my poor english, my lengthy message, and my convoluted prose
