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Enuf · 03-17-2010, 11:45 AM

"I sucessfully downloaded the bz2 package from sourceforge
I then sudo a nautilus session and unpackaged into /opt/calibre
done.
Note that my metadata.DB was already at the 6.44 level" quote theducks

Thought I'd have a go at this and I managed to install it but I took the long way round! (my knowledge of shell commands is terrible!)

In case it might help someone else - I downloaded the .bz2 and converted it to deb file using "alien" (install from synaptic and then in a terminal type "sudo alien --to-deb <path to file>"). I then installed the deb file successfully but the program wasn't included in the applications list

Had a brainwave then and simply added it to the startup applications! So now when I start ubuntu I have the new version of calibre sitting on the desktop

Im absolutely sure there is an easier way to do this but this worked for me.

I hope I don't have to do this with every new version!!

03-17-2010, 11:45 AM	#14
Enuf Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: eeePC 900, iphone and PRS300	"I sucessfully downloaded the bz2 package from sourceforge I then sudo a nautilus session and unpackaged into /opt/calibre done. Note that my metadata.DB was already at the 6.44 level" quote theducks Thought I'd have a go at this and I managed to install it but I took the long way round! (my knowledge of shell commands is terrible!) In case it might help someone else - I downloaded the .bz2 and converted it to deb file using "alien" (install from synaptic and then in a terminal type "sudo alien --to-deb <path to file>"). I then installed the deb file successfully but the program wasn't included in the applications list Had a brainwave then and simply added it to the startup applications! So now when I start ubuntu I have the new version of calibre sitting on the desktop Im absolutely sure there is an easier way to do this but this worked for me. I hope I don't have to do this with every new version!!