Problems installing - command line only

[edent]

I'm trying to install Calibre on Ubuntu 11.04 server - but I'm getting this error.

Downloaded 46010044 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
/opt/calibre/lib/libicuio.so.46: undefined symbol: __gxx_personality_v0, version CXXABI_1.3
/opt/calibre/lib/libicuio.so.46: undefined symbol: __gxx_personality_v0, version CXXABI_1.3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site.py", line 56, in main
  File "site-packages/calibre/linux.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.py", line 14, in <module>
ImportError: /opt/calibre/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: inflateEnd

Run "calibre" to start calibre

Any idea what's causing this? I've got Calibre running on my laptop & desktop. I plan to stick the library on my server and just use calibre-server.

Thanks

T

[edent]

Oh, I should say, I'm running a 32 bit install and downloading calibre-0.8.0-i686.tar.bz2

Are there any dependencies I need to satisfy?

[kovidgoyal]

Judging by that error message, I'd say the libstdc++ on your system is too old, though that seems unlikely on a Ubuntu 11.04 install.

[edent]

I'm running the very latest version.

sudo apt-get install libstdc++6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libstdc++6 is already the newest version

I've also installed build-essential.
My Python is Python 2.7.1+

Anything else I need on there to run? This is a headless server without X.

Thanks

T

[user_none]

Not in regard to the above error. However, you will need an X server (even to use the command line tools) in order for calibre to work.

[edent]

Ah, so there's no way to run calibre-server on a pure headless environment?

[Manichean]

There's a note to using Calibre on headless boxen in the FAQ.

[edent]

Guess I'll have to install X then!

Can I make a feature request for a "server only" variant of Calibre?

[user_none]

Look into xvfb beforeyou install X11. It can be used in place of a full blown X install.

There won't be a server version any time soon if ever. Too much relies on Qt. Rasterizing SVG files, PDF output as well as various other bits all use Qt and Qt requires X.

[edent]

Just an update to say I installed xvfb and then all the Calibre dependencies - everything works like a charm now.

Thanks for all your help.