help im trying to install a older version of calibre,

Cookie_Delight · 04-07-2022, 11:04 AM

wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin install_dir=~/calibre-bin isolated=y version=4.23.0
Using python executable: /home/jessica/.pyenv/shims/python3
2022-04-07 09:28:35 URL:https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh [31922/31922] -> "-" [1]
Installing to /home/jessica/calibre-bin/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "<string>", line 800, in script_launch
File "<string>", line 756, in main
File "<string>", line 699, in run_installer
File "<string>", line 669, in download_and_extract
File "<string>", line 652, in get_tarball_info
File "<string>", line 629, in get_https_resource_securely
__main__.HTTPError: https://code.calibre-ebook.com/signa..._64.txz.sha512 returned an unsupported http response code: 404 (Not Found)

DNSB · 04-07-2022, 01:55 PM

Last time I played with installing an older version of calibre on Linux, the signatures for the older versions were in a subdirectory of the signatures called old.

Code:

https://code.calibre-ebook.com/signatures/old/calibre-4.23.0-x86_64.txz.sha512

I ended up downloading the txz file, checking the SHA manually and installing it using the command line from the calibre site (you'll need to modify the command line to the path/filename of the tarball.

sudo mkdir -p /opt/calibre && sudo rm -rf /opt/calibre/* && sudo tar xvf /path/to/downloaded/calibre-tarball.txz -C /opt/calibre && sudo /opt/calibre/calibre_postinstall

midnightmane · 04-07-2022, 03:46 PM

I helped her get it installed, thanks!

DNSB · 04-07-2022, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnightmane

I helped her get it installed, thanks!

May I ask how you did this? My solution was the manual install but afterwards, I was looking at the linux-installer.sh file and wondering if modifying the line (around line 700) with 'https://code.calibre-ebook.com/signatures/calibre-' to 'https://code.calibre-ebook.com/signatures/old/calibre-' would also have worked.

midnightmane · 04-07-2022, 10:01 PM

Thats what I did.

Cookie_Delight · 04-07-2022, 10:11 PM

He sent me a modified installer.

DNSB · 04-07-2022, 11:56 PM

Thanks for the feedback. Since I'd already done the install with the manual download, I never tested that modification on the installer shell file.

04-07-2022, 11:04 AM	#1
Cookie_Delight Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: Kindle	help im trying to install a older version of calibre, wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh \| sh /dev/stdin install_dir=~/calibre-bin isolated=y version=4.23.0 Using python executable: /home/jessica/.pyenv/shims/python3 2022-04-07 09:28:35 URL:https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh [31922/31922] -> "-" [1] Installing to /home/jessica/calibre-bin/calibre Downloading tarball signature securely... Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "<string>", line 800, in script_launch File "<string>", line 756, in main File "<string>", line 699, in run_installer File "<string>", line 669, in download_and_extract File "<string>", line 652, in get_tarball_info File "<string>", line 629, in get_https_resource_securely __main__.HTTPError: https://code.calibre-ebook.com/signa..._64.txz.sha512 returned an unsupported http response code: 404 (Not Found)

04-07-2022, 01:55 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,108 Karma: 168983686 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Last time I played with installing an older version of calibre on Linux, the signatures for the older versions were in a subdirectory of the signatures called old. Code: https://code.calibre-ebook.com/signatures/old/calibre-4.23.0-x86_64.txz.sha512 I ended up downloading the txz file, checking the SHA manually and installing it using the command line from the calibre site (you'll need to modify the command line to the path/filename of the tarball. sudo mkdir -p /opt/calibre && sudo rm -rf /opt/calibre/* && sudo tar xvf /path/to/downloaded/calibre-tarball.txz -C /opt/calibre && sudo /opt/calibre/calibre_postinstall

04-07-2022, 03:46 PM	#3
midnightmane Member Posts: 22 Karma: 12 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kindle/Calibre	I helped her get it installed, thanks! Last edited by midnightmane; 04-07-2022 at 03:57 PM. Reason: fixing voice typing errors

04-07-2022, 10:01 PM	#5
midnightmane Member Posts: 22 Karma: 12 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kindle/Calibre	Thats what I did. Last edited by midnightmane; 04-07-2022 at 10:02 PM. Reason: fixing voice typing errors

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04-07-2022, 10:11 PM	#6
Cookie_Delight Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: Kindle	He sent me a modified installer.

04-07-2022, 11:56 PM	#7
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,108 Karma: 168983686 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Thanks for the feedback. Since I'd already done the install with the manual download, I never tested that modification on the installer shell file.

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