Fresh install Linux Mint 22 - Can anyone help me install calibre?

JWK · 01-06-2025, 04:10 PM

Some of this is in my previous thread, but this is a new issue.

I very recently did a fresh install of mint 22. I downloaded the repository version of calibre. I took the advice of JSWolf and uninstalled it due to various things on it not working. So I uninstalled and went to the Calibre site.

When trying to download, I received this message in my terminal screen: You are missing the system library libxcb-cursor.so.0. Try installing packages such as libxcb-cursor0 or xcb-cursor

Maybe this is a very simple thing (if you know linux at all), maybe not. Someone here might be able to help or point me in the direction I need to find the info.

JWK · 01-06-2025, 04:38 PM

Solved! After messing with this for days, I found a post on a site called "ideamapper" that walked someone through this same thing, although maybe not for the exact same reason, but they needed that "libxcb-cursor0", whatever it is.

In any case, my new, up-to-date Calibre is installed and running. Time to go play and see if I can figure this thing out.

georgemk · 01-06-2025, 04:39 PM

This thread will help - "won't run on Linux Mint" https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...libxcb-cursor0 - beaten to it by the OP.

BTW using this site search forum for the text "libxcb-cursor0" returned that link as the first choice answer.

01-06-2025, 04:10 PM	#1
JWK Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis, 9th generation	Fresh install Linux Mint 22 - Can anyone help me install calibre? Some of this is in my previous thread, but this is a new issue. I very recently did a fresh install of mint 22. I downloaded the repository version of calibre. I took the advice of JSWolf and uninstalled it due to various things on it not working. So I uninstalled and went to the Calibre site. When trying to download, I received this message in my terminal screen: You are missing the system library libxcb-cursor.so.0. Try installing packages such as libxcb-cursor0 or xcb-cursor Maybe this is a very simple thing (if you know linux at all), maybe not. Someone here might be able to help or point me in the direction I need to find the info.

01-06-2025, 04:39 PM	#3
georgemk Addict Posts: 241 Karma: 291844 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kobo Nia	This thread will help - "won't run on Linux Mint" https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...libxcb-cursor0 - beaten to it by the OP. BTW using this site search forum for the text "libxcb-cursor0" returned that link as the first choice answer. Last edited by georgemk; 01-06-2025 at 04:42 PM. Reason: overlapped with OP

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01-06-2025, 04:38 PM	#2
JWK Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis, 9th generation	Solved! After messing with this for days, I found a post on a site called "ideamapper" that walked someone through this same thing, although maybe not for the exact same reason, but they needed that "libxcb-cursor0", whatever it is. In any case, my new, up-to-date Calibre is installed and running. Time to go play and see if I can figure this thing out.

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