Installation of 4.2.0

smikesmith · 11-02-2019, 11:01 PM

Installing new version over older version on Ubuntu 14.04:

Using python executable: /usr/bin/python3
2019-11-02 22:44:29 URL:https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh [31888/31888] -> "-" [1]
Installing to /opt/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Will download and install calibre-4.2.0-x86_64.txz
Downloading calibre-4.2.0-x86_64.txz
100% [================================================== ====================]
Downloaded 100218948 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 75, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/startup.py", line 204, in <module>
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/icu.py", line 30, in <module>
RuntimeError: Failed to load icu with error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /opt/calibre/lib/libicui18n.so.64)
Run "calibre" to start calibre

What's it telling me? I can install the previous version and it works again...

kovidgoyal · 11-02-2019, 11:24 PM

As is noted on the linux download page, you need GLIBC 2.18 or higher
and libstdc++.so.6.0.21 (from gcc 5.4.0) or higher to run calibre. This
is approximately three year old software. If your distro does not
provide it, then you should stick with calibre 3.48 until it does.

Instructions on how to downgrade calibre are on the Linux download page
https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

11-02-2019, 11:01 PM	#1
smikesmith Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Kindle Fire HD	Installation of 4.2.0 Installing new version over older version on Ubuntu 14.04: Using python executable: /usr/bin/python3 2019-11-02 22:44:29 URL:https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh [31888/31888] -> "-" [1] Installing to /opt/calibre Downloading tarball signature securely... Will download and install calibre-4.2.0-x86_64.txz Downloading calibre-4.2.0-x86_64.txz 100% [================================================== ====================] Downloaded 100218948 bytes Checking downloaded file integrity... Extracting files to /opt/calibre ... Extracting application files... Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 75, in main File "site-packages/calibre/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> File "site-packages/calibre/startup.py", line 204, in <module> File "site-packages/calibre/utils/icu.py", line 30, in <module> RuntimeError: Failed to load icu with error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /opt/calibre/lib/libicui18n.so.64) Run "calibre" to start calibre What's it telling me? I can install the previous version and it works again...

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11-02-2019, 11:24 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	As is noted on the linux download page, you need GLIBC 2.18 or higher and libstdc++.so.6.0.21 (from gcc 5.4.0) or higher to run calibre. This is approximately three year old software. If your distro does not provide it, then you should stick with calibre 3.48 until it does. Instructions on how to downgrade calibre are on the Linux download page https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux