Install Calibre on Immutable OS?

enuddleyarbl · 08-31-2025, 08:37 AM

Bazzite as a Desktop OS sounds interesting. But, it's an immutable OS based on Fedora Atomic Desktop. Would the standard Calibre install method work with that? From:

https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

Code:

sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sudo sh /dev/stdin

I especially wonder since it looks like the preferred app installation method in Bazzite is Flatpak and I'm pretty sure there's no official flatpak version of Calibre.

kovidgoyal · 08-31-2025, 08:44 AM

No clue, never used an immutable distro, but the calibre installer can install calibre in isolated mode so it doesnt make any changes to the system, see the download page for instructions.

enuddleyarbl · 08-31-2025, 10:24 AM

Thanks. I now see the instructions for isolated mode. I'll stick them here for my reference. But, for others, I'd recommend going directly to the official download page and get them there.

Code:

You can also do an "isolated" install that only touches files inside the installation folder and does not need to be run as root, like this: 
wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin install_dir=~/calibre-bin isolated=y

I'll continue searching the internet and see if I can find anything specific about Calibre and Bazzite.

08-31-2025, 08:37 AM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 786 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Install Calibre on Immutable OS? Bazzite as a Desktop OS sounds interesting. But, it's an immutable OS based on Fedora Atomic Desktop. Would the standard Calibre install method work with that? From: https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux Code: sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh \| sudo sh /dev/stdin I especially wonder since it looks like the preferred app installation method in Bazzite is Flatpak and I'm pretty sure there's no official flatpak version of Calibre.

08-31-2025, 10:24 AM	#3
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 786 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Thanks. I now see the instructions for isolated mode. I'll stick them here for my reference. But, for others, I'd recommend going directly to the official download page and get them there. Code: You can also do an "isolated" install that only touches files inside the installation folder and does not need to be run as root, like this: wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh \| sh /dev/stdin install_dir=~/calibre-bin isolated=y I'll continue searching the internet and see if I can find anything specific about Calibre and Bazzite.

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08-31-2025, 08:44 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,461 Karma: 27757440 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No clue, never used an immutable distro, but the calibre installer can install calibre in isolated mode so it doesnt make any changes to the system, see the download page for instructions.