Need command to install txz package in Mint

rickim · 06-14-2016, 01:14 PM

How to install Calibre (ebook app) in Mint from uncompressed txz package on HD. Any solutions available for this prob? Is there a recommended installer to do this? The Calibre in the repository is ancient so i'm trying to install a current package.
TYVM

beachboy2 · 06-14-2016, 01:19 PM

rickim,

In Terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install calibre

notKlaatu · 06-14-2016, 01:23 PM

What does the .txz package contain, exactly?

Code:

tar tvf path/to/calibre.txz

Presumably it contains files that are a part of Calibre, ready to be copied to your hard drive. However, they may not need a special install process; maybe it will work from its own folder. So the first thing I'd try is to untar it and launch Calibre from the resulting directory.

If that doesn't work, then maybe it does want to be installed. There may be a README file in the .txz package telling you how to do that (`python setup.py install` or some such command).

If there's no instructions, and it won't run on its own, then maybe it really does need to be installed. Well, "installed" just means that you copy files to specific places on your drive. So possibly, if you copy everything in the usr folder to your hard drive's /usr directory, and anything in etc to your drive's /etc, and so on, then you'll have, essentially, installed Calibre, manually. In fact, if the .txz package is an exact mirror of the Linux file system, you can technically just untar it to your root directory and everything will fall into place.

That said, it's unusual for Mint to get an install from a raw .txz archive, so I'd be careful trying that. Try the first two options first.

A link to the txz so we could see it ourselves and advise you better might be helpful.

hazel · 06-14-2016, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beachboy2

rickim,

In Terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install calibre

Well, he says he needs a more modern version than the repo provides. I looked on the calibre site and they do a linux binary with built-in versions of all the dependencies. You can find it at https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux. They also say:

Quote:

Please do not use your distribution provided calibre package, as those are often buggy/outdated. Instead use the Binary install described below.

So that's worth trying.

Habitual · 06-14-2016, 01:27 PM

The instructions are very clear on how to do this

Code:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/calibre && sudo rm -rf /opt/calibre/* && sudo tar xvf /path/to/downloaded/calibre-tarball.txz -C /opt/calibre && sudo /opt/calibre/calibre_postinstall

and comes with a dire warning:

Source Install:

Warning: WARNING: calibre is a highly complex piece of software with lots of very finicky dependencies. If you install from source, you are on your own. Please do not open bug reports or expect any form of support. You have been warned.

Please gives us the output of

Code:

inxi -c0 -Fsz | pastebin

so I can find you a PPA to use.

Thank you.

beachboy2 · 06-14-2016, 01:31 PM

hazel,

Quote:

Well, he says he needs a more modern version than the repo provides.

I missed that bit.

I must get my money back from that speed reading course!

hazel · 06-14-2016, 01:33 PM

Habitual, your quotes are for installing from source, which they warn against precisely because of that list of dependencies. If you look higher up on the same web page, you'll see the binary install that I wrote about. That has internal versions of the dependencies, probably similar to the ones you get with a Firefox binary.

rickim · 06-14-2016, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beachboy2

rickim,

In Terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install calibre

Wow. It installed completely. I was amazed at the complexity of the installation process elicited by such a simple command... I had been searching for over 6hrs for that answer. Thank you again, sir.

rickim · 06-14-2016, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notKlaatu

What does the .txz package contain, exactly?

Code:

tar tvf path/to/calibre.txz

Presumably it contains files that are a part of Calibre, ready to be copied to your hard drive. However, they may not need a special install process; maybe it will work from its own folder. So the first thing I'd try is to untar it and launch Calibre from the resulting directory.

If that doesn't work, then maybe it does want to be installed. There may be a README file in the .txz package telling you how to do that (`python setup.py install` or some such command).

If there's no instructions, and it won't run on its own, then maybe it really does need to be installed. Well, "installed" just means that you copy files to specific places on your drive. So possibly, if you copy everything in the usr folder to your hard drive's /usr directory, and anything in etc to your drive's /etc, and so on, then you'll have, essentially, installed Calibre, manually. In fact, if the .txz package is an exact mirror of the Linux file system, you can technically just untar it to your root directory and everything will fall into place.

That said, it's unusual for Mint to get an install from a raw .txz archive, so I'd be careful trying that. Try the first two options first.

A link to the txz so we could see it ourselves and advise you better might be helpful.

If you like ebooks & are looking for an incredible app to do everything with them, here is the url: https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

You will probably be amazed.

rickim · 06-14-2016, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beachboy2

rickim,

in terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install calibre

perfect! Solved!

rickim · 06-14-2016, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickim

How to install Calibre (ebook app) in Mint from uncompressed txz package on HD. Any solutions available for this prob? Is there a recommended installer to do this? The Calibre in the repository is ancient so i'm trying to install a current package.
TYVM

Thought it was solved but unfortunately [sudo apt-get install calibre] installed the old ver from the repository. The new ver on my HD (/Downloads) is much better in terms of file format conversion and other capabilities. Is there a way to overwrite the old ver with the new ver on my HD?

notKlaatu · 06-14-2016, 04:02 PM

Habitual's instructions
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post5560856

are the correct answer.

You should remove the old version first:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge packagename

then follow Habitual's link to the instructions on the Calibre site.

In the future, look up the random commands people tell you to run; if you'd read up on `apt-get` before running it, you'd have seen that it was pulling the package from the repository - the thing you specifically said you did not want.

Also, when asking about specific packages that you have downloaded from the 'net, why not provide a link to it, so we could have seen it ourselves and advised you more accurately from the beginning?

Habitual · 06-14-2016, 04:07 PM

Yes, purge the old.

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge calibre

I read at Install Calibre 2.49 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, via PPA you can then do

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install calibre

should install Calibre 2.49 ("Current" is 2.55)

Have fun!

LinuxMint 17.x is equal to Ubuntu 14.x

rickim · 06-14-2016, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notKlaatu

Habitual's instructions
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post5560856

are the correct answer.

You should remove the old version first:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge packagename

then follow Habitual's link to the instructions on the Calibre site.

In the future, look up the random commands people tell you to run; if you'd read up on `apt-get` before running it, you'd have seen that it was pulling the package from the repository - the thing you specifically said you did not want.

Also, when asking about specific packages that you have downloaded from the 'net, why not provide a link to it, so we could have seen it ourselves and advised you more accurately from the beginning?

TYVM - that was dead center perfect... the new ver is much better - Now understand that the despription "Binary install" on a DL site is just a generic term. I first saw those command lines prior to manually DLing the package but concluded that the installation could not POSSIBLY be that streamlined.

Thanks again.