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Originally Posted by JackErbes
I am running Cinnamon, Calibre was installed using the Synaptic Package Manager.
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I was asking because I use Mint Linux KDE and I wanted to know whether I can simply have a look at my PC for the identical setting on your PC.
It is not a good idea to install Calibre from package manager.
Make backup of Calibre configuration by making a copy of ~/.config/calibre directory. This should not be necessary, but better safe than sorry.
Remove the package using Synaptic.
Go to the Calibre download page and copy and paste the installation command. It will install much newer version of Calibre.
For the vast majority of programs, the package manager or ports or whatever method native to Linux distribution is preferable to manual installation. Calibre is one of very few programs I prefer to install manually or directly from a author. This way you will get *much* newer packages and there will be no unwanted integration to Dolphin. There used to be a new version of Calibre every Friday. Nowadays it is, I think, every two weeks. No package maintainer will keep with this break-neck speed.
I have been using Calibre on Mint Linux for many years and have been very happy with the setup.