downloading calibre for linux

[roger64]

Hi

I have been downloading calibre for ages without any problem. I did not remember doing something special. Today, download failed:

roger@lmde64:~$ sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/raw/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"
[sudo] password for roger: 
GnuTLS: A TLS warning alert has been received.
Incapable d'établir une connexion SSL.
Download failed

roger@lmde64:~$ inxi -b
System:    Host: lmde64 Kernel: 3.11-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14  Distro: Linux Mint Debian Edition
Machine:   System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite L750 version: PSK2YQ-0DH02F
           Mobo: Intel model: N/A Bios: INSYDE version: 2.20 date: 07/13/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-2330M CPU (-HT-MCP-) clocked at 1892.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] X.Org: 1.14.3 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 525M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.72
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c 
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce 
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 640.1GB (2.6% used)
Info:      Processes: 162 Uptime: 9 min Memory: 882.9/3946.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.14 
roger@lmde64:~$

[kovidgoyal]

wget on your system appears to be broken, it is probably missing this patch: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bu.../msg00034.html

Use

curl -L
instead of
wget -nv -O-

in the installation command

[roger64]

Thanks for your reply.

curl -L did the trick.

[rolgiati]

Given the problem affects even a bleeding-edge distribution like SolydX, you might want to put a warning on the Linux-Download web page ?

[kovidgoyal]

Bleeding edge? The patch to wget is almost a year old. In any case, the folks at github have told me they will fix the problem that is causing the TLS warning.

[Bart274]

I have a similar problem but that fix doesn't work. Can you please help me with this?
When I try to install it on mt freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS I get the following error:

bart@laptopbart:~/calibre$ sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ko...x-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"
2014-03-25 09:59:15 URL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ko...x-installer.py [25423/25423] -> "-" [1]
Installing to /opt/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "<string>", line 643, in main
File "<string>", line 615, in download_and_extract
File "<string>", line 607, in get_tarball_info
File "<string>", line 572, in get_https_resource_securely
File "<string>", line 498, in connect
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 381, in wrap_socket
ciphers=ciphers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 143, in __init__
self.do_handshake()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 305, in do_handshake
self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:504: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

Any idea how I can solve this?
I also tried the second code without the verification but I get the same error message :s

[kovidgoyal]

Use wget -nv -O- --no-check-certificate

[Bart274]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use wget -nv -O- --no-check-certificate

I tried that also, but I get the same error message :s

[kovidgoyal]

Looks like the SSL certificate has expired. Wait a little, I will update it shortly.

[Bart274]

ok, I'll wait for your update

[kovidgoyal]

I have updated the certificate. It should now work, provided there is nothing caching the URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ko...x-installer.py on your network.

[Bart274]

It works now. Thanks for the quick solution

[exachillus]

curl trick worked for me