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Hendrik Boom · 04-30-2013, 03:59 PM

I've never had problems with Debian's calibre, except for being out of date. Now that I've got a Kobo aura, out-of-date doesn't cut it. Not even the one in sid is that up-to-date.

Yes, I quite understand not making a special package file for every distro under the sun.
I just want to know what to watch out for if there's ever a problem.

If I know where the files are, I can take care of things. I assume the .desktop entries are in the user's home directory (though there currently aren't any) and I can ls before and after to identify what's changed in /usr/bin. I usually use stow to keep track of sideloaded software.

There's already a /usr/bin/calibre so I guess I'd have to uninstall Debian's calibre first.
But there's no ~.desktop yet. And there is a ~/Calibre\ Library, which I presume will not be affected except of course during normal use.

-- hendrik

04-30-2013, 03:59 PM	#6
Hendrik Boom Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kobo	I've never had problems with Debian's calibre, except for being out of date. Now that I've got a Kobo aura, out-of-date doesn't cut it. Not even the one in sid is that up-to-date. Yes, I quite understand not making a special package file for every distro under the sun. I just want to know what to watch out for if there's ever a problem. If I know where the files are, I can take care of things. I assume the .desktop entries are in the user's home directory (though there currently aren't any) and I can ls before and after to identify what's changed in /usr/bin. I usually use stow to keep track of sideloaded software. There's already a /usr/bin/calibre so I guess I'd have to uninstall Debian's calibre first. But there's no ~.desktop yet. And there is a ~/Calibre\ Library, which I presume will not be affected except of course during normal use. -- hendrik Last edited by Hendrik Boom; 04-30-2013 at 04:10 PM.