Preferences - ERROR: Unhandled exception

[treequin]

Hello, I was setting up Calibre after formatting my laptop and I ran into a problem. In Preferences, when I click on 'Adding books', 'Saving books to disk', and 'Sending books to devices' I get the following errors:

Adding books:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 6.11.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:HistoryLineEdit.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'parent'

calibre 6.11  embedded-python: False
Linux-6.2.0-20-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.37 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '6.2.0-20-generic', '#20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr  6 07:48:48 UTC 2023')
Python 3.11.2
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (10, 0, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py", line 308, in show_plugin
    self.showing_widget = plugin.create_widget(self.scroll_area)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 675, in create_widget
    return widget(parent)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/__init__.py", line 267, in __init__
    self.setupUi(self)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/adding_ui.py", line 149, in setupUi
    self.opt_auto_add_path = HistoryLineEdit(parent=self.tab_4)
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  TypeError: HistoryLineEdit.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'parent'

Saving books to disk:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 6.11.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:SaveTemplate.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'parent'

calibre 6.11  embedded-python: False
Linux-6.2.0-20-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.37 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '6.2.0-20-generic', '#20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr  6 07:48:48 UTC 2023')
Python 3.11.2
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (10, 0, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py", line 308, in show_plugin
    self.showing_widget = plugin.create_widget(self.scroll_area)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 675, in create_widget
    return widget(parent)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/__init__.py", line 267, in __init__
    self.setupUi(self)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/saving_ui.py", line 46, in setupUi
    self.save_template = SaveTemplate(parent=Form)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: SaveTemplate.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'parent'

Sending books to devices:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 6.11.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:SaveTemplate.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'parent'

calibre 6.11  embedded-python: False
Linux-6.2.0-20-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.37 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '6.2.0-20-generic', '#20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr  6 07:48:48 UTC 2023')
Python 3.11.2
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (10, 0, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py", line 308, in show_plugin
    self.showing_widget = plugin.create_widget(self.scroll_area)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/__init__.py", line 675, in create_widget
    return widget(parent)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/__init__.py", line 267, in __init__
    self.setupUi(self)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/preferences/sending_ui.py", line 49, in setupUi
    self.send_template = SaveTemplate(parent=Form)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: SaveTemplate.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'parent'

After dismissing the error message, if I open other Preferences sections there are some weird visual glitches and all the options are unresponsive. Nothing else gave me any issues. I've tried restarting Calibre (nothing changed) and restarting in debug mode (I get the same errors in the logs). Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thank you for your help.

PS. In case it matters, I'm using Kubuntu 23.04 and I installed Calibre through the package manager.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by treequin

PS. In case it matters, I'm using Kubuntu 23.04 and I installed Calibre through the package manager.

I use Linux Mint 21.1

Only install from Console via https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

Some desktop managers can be an issue for QT. I use Mate.

[theducks]

Uninstall
Delete the configuration folder (it may be corrupt)
Use the Linux command line found at the Calibre download page
https://calibre-ebook.com/ (Almost all distros are way outa date or have been fixed )

[treequin]

Thank you both very much for your help.
Indeed, reinstalling from the console fixed it. Also, now I'm on version 6.17, before I was on 6.11.
Is there anything I should do now? Do I need to close the thread or mark it as solved? (Sorry, I'm new to MobileRead)

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by treequin

Is there anything I should do now? Do I need to close the thread or mark it as solved? (Sorry, I'm new to MobileRead)

Basically, the moderators could close the thread but that is generally only done when the thread moves towards behaviour and topics that are not acceptable to the majority of the users.

The good thing is that there is the chance that someone who has a similar issue, will find this thread and solve their problem.