Cannot install calibre on ubuntu 8.04

kkkidder · 03-19-2009, 10:39 PM

Hello,

Calibre was recommended on Lifehacker, and I could really use this app.

I could not get it to install using the terminal commands. The problem here was with "pyqtconfig". I did install all the dependencies on the list (using Package Manager), assuming that Qt = qt4.

I tried the binary install, but when it began to extract the application files, I got this error message:

/home/katrina/Desktop/calibre/calibre_postinstall: line 7: 7693 Illegal instruction $loader "$@"

I have a Linux-only computer and do not use Windows or OSX, so if disabling any of the cross-platform aspects will help, that's fine with me.

Any suggestions? As I say, getting this working would unclog my pipelines and make me grateful. Thanks!

K

PS. Any chance it will appear in the Synaptic Package Manager?

kovidgoyal · 03-19-2009, 10:44 PM

calibre is going to be part of Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope, so just wait a month and upgrade

03-19-2009, 10:39 PM	#1
kkkidder Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	Cannot install calibre on ubuntu 8.04 Hello, Calibre was recommended on Lifehacker, and I could really use this app. I could not get it to install using the terminal commands. The problem here was with "pyqtconfig". I did install all the dependencies on the list (using Package Manager), assuming that Qt = qt4. I tried the binary install, but when it began to extract the application files, I got this error message: /home/katrina/Desktop/calibre/calibre_postinstall: line 7: 7693 Illegal instruction $loader "$@" I have a Linux-only computer and do not use Windows or OSX, so if disabling any of the cross-platform aspects will help, that's fine with me. Any suggestions? As I say, getting this working would unclog my pipelines and make me grateful. Thanks! K PS. Any chance it will appear in the Synaptic Package Manager?

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03-19-2009, 10:44 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,156 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre is going to be part of Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope, so just wait a month and upgrade

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