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Old 03-14-2015, 12:57 PM   #1
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Smile Calibre 2.2. on WinXP

I know it works with QT-environment. What components of QT must be installed to make Calibre work on XP_sp3_32 ?
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Calibre 2.x is unreliable on XP for many folk so Kovid blocked XP installation to avoid never ending Bug reports .

IIRC there were some 'how 2 on' XP tips for those who run from source.
Bug reports for 2.x on XP issues are no longer appreciated
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The problem is that Qt itself does not support XP (even service pack 3). calibre includes everything it needs to run (no separate Qt install is needed).

Until/unless the Qt developers decide to fix Qt on WinXP, nothing can or will be done. I predict they will do so just as soon as Microsoft re-enables support for WinXP.

For more details, see the thread that exhaustively discussed the issue: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=245069

If you are willing to run from source and try it anyway, instructions are here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=61

(edit this file: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...i2/__init__.py)

Alternatively, depending on the fix you need, see this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...34#post2976934

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Alternatively, you can upgrade your computer. Granted, a PC will not magically stop working after a certain amount of time... but applications will stop being updated, as it can be hard to do so when the OS is not getting all those wonderful improvements that make things easier.
And Microsoft *won't* continue providing security updates (unless... they do anyway? cf. Internet Explorer vulnerabilities).

If you don't have the money to buy new hardware, there are other options for the mildly adventurous. Why not give linux a try?
Ubuntu is getting quite popular these days.
Personally I favor Linux Mint (the desktop is much friendlier, and closer to what one would expect coming from Windows).

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Mint (Cinnamon desktop)
Menu is clean and a bit like what you were used to seeing.
Besides Calibre and Sigil

Open/Libre Office, Firefox can be added (I believe that neither is now in default instal)
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Both are still default I believe.
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