Thread: Calibre 2.0 Crashing at start up
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Old 08-30-2014, 03:59 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by nerosegugio View Post
And if us "people with Xp" do thread for ask an installer warning where each of us reply the request? If we are many...
It won't happen. I happen to agree. Since Qt5 is unstable then it could lead to the database getting corrupted or worse, Calibre not working. Kovid is right to not allow Calibre 2.x on XP. Supporting it would be a nightmare.

To do this, it would require downloading the source, fixing the XP block, and compiling it. That's just not something I can see anyone wanting to do.

Either run from source or if you can, upgrade your OS and if need be your hardware and the OS. You won't find anyone here who is going to compile Calibre 2.x every week just so XP users can run it.

Sorry, but on XP it is do it yourself (from source or compile) or stick with 1.48.

Oh and for those of you who have not upgraded your XP because you just didn't want to because it was working and you can afford to upgrade what needs to be upgraded (OS and/or hardware), then you have nobody to blame but yourself for not having already moved from XP.
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