Linux repo for updates?

[Lavender]

Is there a way to add a repo to my Kubuntu PC for Calibre updates with apt in the future, or do I have to input the command listed on the download page every time?

[gbm]

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=237233

bernie

Originally Posted by Lavender

Is there a way to add a repo to my Kubuntu PC for Calibre updates with apt in the future, or do I have to input the command listed on the download page every time?

[DNSB]

Currently you need to use the command line every time. I have it saved as an .sh file on my Linux VMs.

[Lavender]

Originally Posted by gbm

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=237233

bernie

Ah, right. I should have searched "PPA" instead of "repo."

Originally Posted by DNSB

Currently you need to use the command line every time. I have it saved as an .sh file on my Linux VMs.

Thank you, both for sharing. I'm still new to Linux.

[Quoth]

Also on most Linux distros you can up arrow through history on a console, see the command and hit enter. Depends how much you use the console command line.

[shuvashish76]

I've set it up as alias in my ~/.bashrc

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

(OR use the isolated one as alias that way you don't have to type root password.)
whenever I get the notification for update I just type calibreup in my terminal.

Originally Posted by Lavender

I'm still new to Linux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok_kD_sgNcs

[JSWolf]

This is how you post a YT video. Make sure you are in advanced mode. Click the YT icon. Paste the bit of the YT URL after the v=. In this case, it's kD_sgNcs. Paste it in the YT tags.

[Lavender]

Originally Posted by shuvashish76

I've set it up as alias in my ~/.bashrc

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

(OR use the isolated one as alias that way you don't have to type root password.)
whenever I get the notification for update I just type calibreup in my terminal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok_kD_sgNcs

Thank you for the guide. I've actually been meaning to learn how to do that bash alias thing. I learned it could be done a while ago, and haven't gotten around to it.

[shuvashish76]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

This is how you post a YT video. Make sure you are in advanced mode. Click the YT icon. Paste the bit of the YT URL after the v=. In this case, it's kD_sgNcs. Paste it in the YT tags.

I use ublock in advanced mode and all 3rd-party frames are blocked by default everywhere so I don't see anything that are embedded to the site.
For users like me direct links are better.

Anyways I trust this forum so added Local noop rule for 3rd-party frames (from youtube only) as permanent change. Just my personal preference

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by shuvashish76

I use ublock in advanced mode and all 3rd-party frames are blocked by default everywhere so I don't see anything that are embedded to the site.
For users like me direct links are better.

Anyways I trust this forum so added Local noop rule for 3rd-party frames (from youtube only) as permanent change. Just my personal preference

Forget ublock in advanced mode. It's rubbish. It's blocking valid content. The problem is you may not know what it's blocking because you can't see it.

[dunhill]

I've created a script to install Calibre if there's a Linux update, but it needs to tell me when I have the latest version installed. I'm posting it in case it's useful to anyone. I'll translate it to English.

#!/bin/bash

echo "�� Checking installed version of calibre..."
installed_version_full=$(calibre --version 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?')

if [ -z "$installed_version_full" ]; then
    echo "❌ calibre is not installed or the version could not be detected."
    notify-send "⚠️ calibre is not installed or the version could not be detected."
    exit 1
fi

# If the installed version has only 2 numbers, add .0 for proper comparison
if [[ "$installed_version_full" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    installed_version_full="${installed_version_full}.0"
fi

echo "�� Installed version: $installed_version_full"

echo "�� Checking latest available version..."
new_version=$(curl -s https://code.calibre-ebook.com/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')

if [ -z "$new_version" ]; then
    echo "❌ Could not retrieve the latest version."
    notify-send "⚠️ Could not retrieve the latest version of calibre."
    exit 1
fi

echo "�� Latest available version: $new_version"

# Compare versions
if [ "$installed_version_full" = "$new_version" ]; then
    echo "✅ calibre is up to date ($installed_version_full)."
    notify-send "✅ calibre is up to date ($installed_version_full)."
    exit 0
else
    echo "⬇️ New version available: $new_version. Starting update..."
    notify-send "⬇️ New version available: $new_version. Starting update..."
fi

# Download installer
installer_url="https://download.calibre-ebook.com/${new_version}/calibre-linux-installer.sh"
echo "�� Downloading from: $installer_url"
wget -q --show-progress -O calibre_installer.sh "$installer_url"

# Check if an HTML page was downloaded by mistake
if grep -q "<!DOCTYPE html>" calibre_installer.sh; then
    echo "❌ Error: the installer was not downloaded correctly."
    notify-send "⚠️ Error downloading calibre installer."
    rm -f calibre_installer.sh
    exit 1
fi

chmod +x calibre_installer.sh

# Run the installer
echo "�� Starting installation..."
sudo ./calibre_installer.sh

# Check installed version after installation
new_installed=$(calibre --version 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?')
if [[ "$new_installed" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    new_installed="${new_installed}.0"
fi

if [ "$new_installed" = "$new_version" ]; then
    echo "✅ calibre updated to $new_installed."
    notify-send "✅ calibre updated to $new_installed."
else
    echo "⚠️ The update did not complete successfully."
    notify-send "⚠️ The update did not complete successfully."
fi

rm -f calibre_installer.sh

[Cactus Chef]

I switched to the Flatpak years ago and never looked back.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

I switched to the Flatpak years ago and never looked back.

So did Ikea.