[Slackbuilds-users] Newer version of Calibre

Mon Jun 18 01:10:04 UTC 2012

Thanks for all the replies to my question.  I ended up going with the 
binary download from the Calibre website (installs into /opt), and it's 
working nicely.

Appreciate the help!

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>     4. Re: Newer version of Calibre (Matteo Bernardini)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:09:53 -0500
> From: Dan Clough <danc3 at cox.net>
> To: slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org
> Subject: [Slackbuilds-users] Newer version of Calibre
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> Hello list,
>
> Wondering if the maintainer of the Calibre package could update to the
> newest version...  The one on SBo is 0.7.45 and the latest is 0.8.55,
> and there's quite a long time period between those versions.  I have
> tried using the new source with the existing SlackBuild, but it fails in
> a number of places, especially the patching lines of the script.
> Commented out all the patches but it still fails and I've reached the
> limit of my knowledge on how to fix it.
>
> Any chance of an updated build script?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:26:25 +0200
> From: Eugen Wissner <belka.ew at gmail.com>
> To: "SlackBuilds.org Users List" <slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org>
> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Newer version of Calibre
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> my mistake....
> from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux
>
> "Make sure your system has python ? 2.7.1 not 3.x"
> But the rest is ok. Slackware's 2.6.6 is too old and it is the problem
>
> 2012/6/10 Eugen Wissner <belka.ew at gmail.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> if I remember correctly, the latest versions of calibre require python
>> 3 and slackware has 2.6.6. You can try to install python3 from SBo but
>> I can't promise that it works
>>
>> I hope I could help.
>>
>> 2012/6/10 Dan Clough <danc3 at cox.net>:
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> Wondering if the maintainer of the Calibre package could update to the
>>> newest version... ?The one on SBo is 0.7.45 and the latest is 0.8.55, and
>>> there's quite a long time period between those versions. ?I have tried using
>>> the new source with the existing SlackBuild, but it fails in a number of
>>> places, especially the patching lines of the script. ?Commented out all the
>>> patches but it still fails and I've reached the limit of my knowledge on how
>>> to fix it.
>>>
>>> Any chance of an updated build script?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:15:40 +0200
> From: Eugen Wissner <belka.ew at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Newer version of Calibre
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> Hello,
>
> if I remember correctly, the latest versions of calibre require python
> 3 and slackware has 2.6.6. You can try to install python3 from SBo but
> I can't promise that it works
>
> I hope I could help.
>
> 2012/6/10 Dan Clough <danc3 at cox.net>:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> Wondering if the maintainer of the Calibre package could update to the
>> newest version... ?The one on SBo is 0.7.45 and the latest is 0.8.55, and
>> there's quite a long time period between those versions. ?I have tried using
>> the new source with the existing SlackBuild, but it fails in a number of
>> places, especially the patching lines of the script. ?Commented out all the
>> patches but it still fails and I've reached the limit of my knowledge on how
>> to fix it.
>>
>> Any chance of an updated build script?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:01:22 +0200
> From: Matteo Bernardini <matteo.bernardini at gmail.com>
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> Dan, FYI: if you, for any reason, cannot do with the version on
> slackbuilds.org, Eric Hameleers provides a  build script and
> precompiled packages for the latest version
>
> http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/slackbuilds/calibre/
>
> His version builds a python-2.7.1 (and a lot of other python modules
> and stuff) just to use it with calibre (it installs in
> /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/calibre).
>
> Matteo
>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:13:03 -0700
> From: Larry Hajali <larryhaja at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Newer version of Calibre
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> I'm the maintainer of calibre.  0.7.45 was the last version of calibre
> that could successfully compile on Slackware.  Until Slackware stable
> comes with python 2.7.1, calibre won't be upgraded.
>
> Besides Eric Hamleers calibre package, another alternative is just
> download the pre-compiled binary version of calibre from
> calibre-ebook.com.
>
> --Larry
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Matteo Bernardini
> <matteo.bernardini at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dan, FYI: if you, for any reason, cannot do with the version on
>> slackbuilds.org, Eric Hameleers provides a ?build script and
>> precompiled packages for the latest version
>>
>> http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/slackbuilds/calibre/
>>
>> His version builds a python-2.7.1 (and a lot of other python modules
>> and stuff) just to use it with calibre (it installs in
>> /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/calibre).
>>
>> Matteo
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> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:09:19 +0100
> From: David Woodfall <david at dawoodfall.net>
> To: slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org
> Subject: [Slackbuilds-users] claws-mail-extra-plugins MD5 fail
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> Just thought I'd mention this.
>
> The MD5 fails. I wouldn't have thought they were the type to update
> source without updating version, but you never know.
>
> Builds fine.
>
> Dave
>