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Old 08-07-2026, 09:34 AM   #1
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Installation Error
Downloaded and attempted to install the latest update (9.13.0) and received two errors: 2503 and 2502 and install aborted. Thought maybe the file corrupted during d/l so I deleted and d/l again. Same result.

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Old 08-07-2026, 09:41 AM   #2
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https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...is-not-working
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Old Yesterday, 06:28 AM   #3
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I've read the FAQ. I'm also having trouble while updating to 9.13. I'm on Linux (Mint LMDE 7), and have used the CLI update/install for many years. Today, it's stalling on "Setting up desktop integration...", where it just hangs. I hit CTRL-C, and get this "Traceback":

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Setting up desktop integration...
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    import sys; script_launch=lambda:sys.exit('Download of installer failed!'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); script_launch()
                                                                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "<string>", line 890, in script_launch
  File "<string>", line 846, in main
  File "<string>", line 716, in run_installer
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 397, in call
    return p.wait(timeout=timeout)
           ~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1280, in wait
    return self._wait(timeout=timeout)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 2066, in _wait
    (pid, sts) = self._try_wait(0)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 2024, in _try_wait
    (pid, sts) = os.waitpid(self.pid, wait_flags)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyboardInterrupt


I can start Calibre normally, and the update was successful. But this behaviour is odd in my experience, so thought it worth a report.
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I've read the FAQ. I'm also having trouble while updating to 9.13. I'm on Linux (Mint LMDE 7), and have used the CLI update/install for many years. Today, it's stalling on "Setting up desktop integration...", where it just hangs.

I can start Calibre normally, and the update was successful. But this behaviour is odd in my experience, so thought it worth a report.
Just for another data point, I updated to 9.13 this morning on Linux Mint Cinnamon edition with no problems.
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I've been using Linux Mint and had no problems updating calibre to 9.13
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I've been using Linux Mint and had no problems updating calibre to 9.13
Same here, Mint Cinnamon, pretty vanilla install
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Another data point: no problem updating Calibre to v9.13 on Bazzite with my usual "isolated" install method:

wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin install_dir=~/calibre-bin isolated=y
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It's a harmless error in any case, most likely one of the xdg-mime tools on your systemis failing. All it means is some .desktop files wont be installed which doesnt matter as they will have been installed by a previous install anyway
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