calibre python-lxml problem on ubuntu

[carpii]

Hi,
Ive tried to install calibre using the easy install option....

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sudo apt-get install  python-setuptools python-imaging  libqt4-core libqt4-gui \
 python-qt4 python-mechanize imagemagick \
 xdg-utils python-dbus python-lxml python-beautifulsoup \
 help2man
sudo easy_install -U calibre 


When i run

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sudo calibre_postinstall 


I get

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Trying to setup udev rules...
 * Restarting Hardware abstraction layer hald                                                               [ OK ]
Setting up bash completion... You need python-lxml >= 2.0.5 for calibre 


When I check what version of python-lxml was downloaded in step one, it says

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Get: 4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main python-lxml 1.3.6-1 [619kB] 


Whats the best way to resolve this? It looks like calibre has since been updated to require a newer version that what is in Ubuntu's repositories

Thanks

[carpii]

Forgot to say, trying to run calibre anyway obviously fails...

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calibre
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/calibre", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('calibre==0.4.108', 'gui_scripts', 'calibre')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 277, in load_entry_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2179, in load_entry_point
    return ep.load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1912, in load
    entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__'])
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py", line 12, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/metadata/lit.py", line 12, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/lit/reader.py", line 384, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/lit/reader.py", line 387, in LitReader
TypeError: 'resolve_entities' is an invalid keyword argument for this function 


[kovidgoyal]

You'll have to install python-lxml from source

[carpii]

Thanks, I managed to build and install python-lxml 2.6.27

But calibre still fails. I reran 'sudo calibre_postinstall'...

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sudo calibre_postinstall
Trying to setup udev rules...
 * Restarting Hardware abstraction layer hald                                                                                                                             [ OK ]
Setting up bash completion... failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/linux.py", line 172, in setup_completion
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/gui2/library.py", line 17, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/library/database2.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/library/database.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py", line 12, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/metadata/lit.py", line 12, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/ebooks/lit/reader.py", line 13, in <module>
ImportError: No module named lxml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/calibre_postinstall", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('calibre==0.4.108', 'console_scripts', 'calibre_postinstall')()
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/linux.py", line 446, in post_install
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/calibre/linux.py", line 318, in setup_completion
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'manifest' referenced before assignment 


Its like lxml is installed, but maybe not registered with python (or maybe linux).

Do you have any ideas please?

[kovidgoyal]

how did you install lxml? Make sure you do


sudo python setup.py install


to install lxml

[carpii]

I fixed my lxml install, but then calibre was complaining about QtWebKit

In the end I noticed other people on Ubuntu were using the binary installer
I tried this and it worked without a hitch

Thanks for your help!