I tried installing on linux mint 17.3 and it failed. It is so complex that I haven't got the foggiest how to fix this... Can anyone help resolve please.. Here is the output....
Using python executable: /usr/bin/python3
2019-12-09 03:21:36 URL:
https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh [31887/31887] -> "-" [1]
Installing to /opt/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Will download and install calibre-4.5.0-x86_64.txz
Downloading calibre-4.5.0-x86_64.txz
100% [================================================== ====================]
Downloaded 100397840 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 75, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/startup.py", line 204, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/icu.py", line 30, in <module>
RuntimeError: Failed to load icu with error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /opt/calibre/lib/libicui18n.so.64)
thanks
PS: I'm an end user, so please write slowly!