ebook-convert error

[rikm]

good morning all, the convert utility has just stop working with the error msg below...is this a python 2 vs. 3 issue that I found old references to, or is there something anyone recognizes...it is Calibre 5.1 on linux and it throws the same error in the GUI



thanks, and any help appreciated,

rikm



Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
File "runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
File "site.py", line 48, in <module>
File "site.py", line 44, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py", line 401, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1274, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/htmlz_output.py", line 107, in convert
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[kovidgoyal]

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...13e5026d290787

[rikm]

wow that was quick, thanks Kovid...as it's already up on github can I hope that a v5.1.1 will be posted with the change, or are there larger issues?

...have not been working Calibre from src and would rather not have to set up the build environment unless necessary


thanks again,


rikm

[kovidgoyal]

No there's going to be no 5.1.1 and there's no build environment to setup just download the source and set a single environment variable. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html

[rikm]

well I have done it before...way back when, once upon a time, but am a grumpy old retired guy now and didn't want to deal with finding the missing devel stuff that is always separated out with Redhat distros...that's what I meant by maintaining the build environment

did grab the src zip and ran setup.py and tracked down a few missing headers but am stuck with a missing 'sipbuild' and as there is no sip-devel package, can't find where Fedora hides it


thanks again,



rikm


SIPing 3 files...

/usr/bin/python -c import os; os.chdir('/home/dls/ebooktbx/calibre/src/calibre-master/build/pyqt/pictureflow'); from sipbuild.tools.build import main; main(); --verbose --no-make --qmake /usr/bin/qmake-qt5

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sipbuild'

[kovidgoyal]

You dont need to do any of that. Install the official calibre binaries, download the calibre source code, set the CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM env var, you are done. Read the link I posted earlier.

[rikm]

thanks again Kovid, I did set the env var and do see stuff in the src tree where presumably the build should find it, but it is what it is:


ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sipbuild'


Fedora32 does not have sip>=5.3, and was wondering if that is confusing things...

python3-pyqt5-sip-4.19.21-1.fc32.x86_64
sip-4.19.21-1.fc32.x86_64
python3-wx-siplib-4.19.21-1.fc32.x86_64
python3-sip-devel-4.19.21-1.fc32.x86_64
python3-pyqt4-sip-4.19.21-1.fc32.x86_64

[kovidgoyal]

Install the official calibre binaries from https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

[kovidgoyal]

And I released a beta with the fix here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=333686

[rikm]

good morning and thanks, the 5.1.2 works as previously expected


any idea why the env var thing didn't work...checked my old src work space and apparently haven't compiled Calibre from src since the 0.n.n days


thanks again,


rikm

[flparker]

I just downloaded calibre because I read that it was one click to convert a .doc file to .mobi. Not true! I just get an error message 'Can't convert some files'. This is with my Kindle connected and in Calibre. Don't give me a load of code to input - I'm a writer not an IT nerd.