Ubuntu Jaunty: New version of calibre won't start

[adouma]

Hello all,

My problem is this: I've been running calibre without issue on my Jaunty box for about a month now, but this morning I started it up and got a message that 0.6.15 was available.

So...

adouma@desktop:~$ sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()"
Enter the installation directory for calibre [/opt]: 
Will download and install calibre-0.6.15-i686.tar.bz2
                                                                                    Downloading calibre-0.6.15-i686.tar.bz2                                                                                     
100% [======================================================================================================================================================================================================]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Creating symlinks...
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/fetch-ebook-metadata to /usr/bin/fetch-ebook-metadata
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrf2lrs to /usr/bin/lrf2lrs
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-convert to /usr/bin/ebook-convert
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-meta to /usr/bin/ebook-meta
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/pdfmanipulate to /usr/bin/pdfmanipulate
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrfviewer to /usr/bin/lrfviewer
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre to /usr/bin/calibre
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/markdown-calibre to /usr/bin/markdown-calibre
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-debug to /usr/bin/calibre-debug
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-parallel to /usr/bin/calibre-parallel
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/web2disk to /usr/bin/web2disk
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-server to /usr/bin/calibre-server
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-customize to /usr/bin/calibre-customize
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-viewer to /usr/bin/ebook-viewer
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-smtp to /usr/bin/calibre-smtp
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrs2lrf to /usr/bin/lrs2lrf
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-device to /usr/bin/ebook-device
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/librarything to /usr/bin/librarything
	Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibredb to /usr/bin/calibredb
Setting up bash completion...

____________________ WARNING ____________________
Setting up completion failed with error:
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	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 172, in setup_completion
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/cli.py", line 12, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 11, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 367, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 44, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/libusb.py", line 7, in <module>
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ctypes/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
	    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
	ImportError: libffi.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Trying to setup udev rules...
Installing MAN pages...

____________________ WARNING ____________________
Installing MAN pages failed with error:
__________________________________________________
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 329, in install_man_pages
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs500/cli/main.py", line 16, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 11, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 367, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 44, in <module>
	  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/libusb.py", line 7, in <module>
	  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ctypes/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
	    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
	ImportError: libffi.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Setting up desktop integration...
There were 2 warnings
* Setting up completion failed with error:

* Installing MAN pages failed with error:


Run "calibre" to start calibre

I'm pretty in the dark about output like that, but I've included it in case anyone wants to look at it. Then I tried running calibre from the Apps menu - nothing happens. Running it in a terminal produced this:

adouma@desktop:~$ calibre
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/init.py", line 48, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 367, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 44, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/devices/libusb.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ctypes/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ImportError: libffi.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Yikes. I tried removing my calibre directory altogether and rerunning everything - no change. A quick google found nothing to do with both 'libffi.so.4' and calibre, so I'm here!

Uh, help please?

[kovidgoyal]

Fixed build uploaded. Re-download and you should be fine.

[adouma]

Edit: Alas, spoke too soon. I re-downloaded but it just did the same thing again.

What's the best way to completely remove calibre? Maybe a fresh install will work better.

[kovidgoyal]

Just delete /opt/calibre

[adouma]

Now it's good. Thanks for the help, Kovid, and for calibre in general.