linux install error

[alexxx]

hi, developers!

I noticed since a couple of updates that whenever I upgrade calibre (in a Fedora 13 system), at the end I get the following error:

Setting up desktop integration...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/init.py", line 48, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 564, in main
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/linux.py", line 147, in __init__
OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty: 'conversion'

Run "calibre" to start calibre

Nevertheless, calibre get installed perfectly...

As far as I can tell, the directory it is talking about (I dont see any other "conversion" dir anywhere else) is the following:

/root/.config/calibre/conversion

which contains:

[root@lambda2 conversion]# dt
total 76K
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 11 14:22 metadata.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 11 14:22 debug.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 18 08:52 zip_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 18 08:52 rtf_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 18 08:52 epub_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 18 08:52 chm_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 18 08:52 lrf_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 18 08:53 lit_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jun 25 09:18 mobi_input.py
drwx------. 4 root root 4.0K Jul  7 15:06 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  156 Jul 14 10:36 page_setup.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  391 Jul 14 10:36 look_and_feel.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  192 Jul 14 10:36 toc.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  704 Jul 14 10:36 structure_detection.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   67 Jul 14 10:36 pdb_input.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   33 Jul 14 10:36 fb2_input.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  308 Jul 14 10:36 comic_input.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  149 Jul 14 10:36 txt_input.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   49 Jul 14 10:36 pdf_input.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  160 Jul 14 10:36 epub_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  318 Jul 14 10:36 lrf_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   26 Jul 14 10:36 fb2_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   46 Jul 14 10:36 pdb_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  194 Jul 14 10:36 mobi_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  108 Jul 14 10:36 txt_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   26 Jul 14 10:36 rb_output.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  100 Jul 14 10:36 pdf_output.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jul 15 14:27 cbr_input.py
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jul 15 14:27 cbz_input.py
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4.0K Jul 15 14:27 .

any hint?


alessandro

[kovidgoyal]

delete the directory /root/.config/calibre and you should be fine. It was created because at some time in the past you ran calibre as root

[alexxx]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

delete the directory /root/.config/calibre and you should be fine. It was created because at some time in the past you ran calibre as root

I know, I KNOW that you will harass me for this, but I normally run it as root!

<disclaimer>I did so since my slackware days in '92 ... with only 1 reinstall due to my incompetence</disclaimer>

so: should I keep it (/root/.config/calibre) or should it go???


thanks!

alessandro

[kovidgoyal]

<shudder> Then keep it, and ignore the installer error.