Cheaper to get your friend to add the following repository (or teach you how):
https://launchpad.net/~rgibert/+archive/ebook
and then just install it from Synaptic. Wouldn't cost you more than a beer.
If you don't know how to use Synaptic, buy him two beers... None of this is hard, and you're going to be amazed at how simple and safe installing software in Linux can be.
Aloha.