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Old 11-25-2023, 08:30 PM   #5
nurber
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Originally Posted by retiredbiker View Post
Why use flatpak for Calibre? Anything other than the binary install provided by Kovid has proven to be buggy or lacking something over the years.

(Any time I've messed with flatpak, some roadblock has happened, and I've gone back to apt install or even the "configure, make, make install" routine.)
I've had fairly good experience with flatpak and snap. Occasionally a particular version of a flatpak or snap doesn't work, but often there are multiple versions in Gnome or Ubuntu software application (using Gnome these days) and it usually seems that one is well-maintained and working. In this example flatpak versions are closely mirroring the Calibre versions and working very reliably with the limitation of being sandboxed.. Like Quoth I too will always choose a deb from Ubuntu ppa or third-party ppa first and then flatpak or snap if not.
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