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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Did you install calibre from your repository or direct from the calibre website?
It's best to install direct from the calibre website.
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For heaven's sake, please stop telling everybody this! Every single mention I've seen so far WAS installed from Calibre's website.
OF COURSE I installed from Calibre. I've been installing Calibre for well over a decade (2.? I believe was my first).
The fact is that you can't install Calibre on a fresh Mint Cinnamon install. You can on a new Kubuntu install. Other desktops will differ, because you do need the right xcb bits. Kubuntu, being QT-based happens to have the right bits already.
For the record, I DON'T recommend just installing kubuntu to make Calibre work. It's just that this was my second attempt to install Mint Cinnamon. The first time I just didn't like it, because I was so used to KDE, so I resolved to try it again. It was going well until I couldn't install Calibre. I'm certain there was a simpler way to get Calibre working, but I needed it NOW, because I had a dozen books I needed to get onto my Kobo before heading off on vacation.