EPUB to MOBI problem

[Utino]

Hi all,

I'm trying to convert EPUBs to MOBIs but I can't at all, all gave me the same error:

calibre, version 0.9.4 (linux2, isfrozen: False)
Errore di conversione: Non riuscita: Converti libro 1 di 1 (Battle on Venus)

Converti libro 1 di 1 (Battle on Venus)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.9.4
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'/tmp/calibre_0.9.4_tmp_IQ4rUU/39k_rZ.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x21bf410>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_file_type': u'old',
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'mobi_keep_original_images': False,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.GenericEink object at 0x21bf810>,
'page_breaks_before': u'/',
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/tmp/calibre_0.9.4_tmp_IQ4rUU/JETT0G.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running
on /tmp/calibre_0.9.4_tmp_IQ4rUU/NN_JA0.epub
Found HTML cover titlepage.xhtml
Parsing all content...
Parsing stylesheet.css ...
Parsing index.html ...
Parsing titlepage.xhtml ...
Reading TOC from NCX...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibre-parallel", line 20, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 186, in main
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
override_input_metadata=True)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
plumber.run()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1051, in run
from calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.flatcss import CSSFlattener
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py", line 20, in <module>
from calibre.ebooks.oeb.stylizer import Stylizer
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/oeb/stylizer.py", line 23, in <module>
from cssselect import HTMLTranslator
ImportError: No module named cssselect
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 111, in apport_excepthook
if pr.check_ignored():
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 948, in check_ignored
dom = self._get_ignore_dom()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 890, in _get_ignore_dom
dom = xml.dom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(None , 'apport', None)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cssutils/__init__.py", line 166, in createDocument
raise NotImplementedError
NotImplementedError

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibre-parallel", line 20, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 186, in main
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
override_input_metadata=True)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
plumber.run()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1051, in run
from calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.flatcss import CSSFlattener
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py", line 20, in <module>
from calibre.ebooks.oeb.stylizer import Stylizer
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/oeb/stylizer.py", line 23, in <module>
from cssselect import HTMLTranslator
ImportError: No module named cssselect


can you help me on this matter please?

Thank you in advance
Luca

[kovidgoyal]

Uninstall the distro provided calibre package and install the official calibre binary, from the calibre website.

[Utino]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Uninstall the distro provided calibre package and install the official calibre binary, from the calibre website.

Fantastic! Now it works like a charm!!!
Thank you very much!