On 01/08/2018 11:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
Sure there is. Just got to know where to get it:
<https://calibre-ebook.com/>
And the Linux version:
<https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux>
The download and install line from that web page fails instantly when drag
copied to a user bash shell.
gene@coyote:~$ sudo -v && wget -nv -O-
https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys;
main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read());
main()"
[sudo] password for gene:
Cannot specify both -k and -O if multiple URLs are given, or in combination
with -p or -r. See the manual for details.
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...
Download failed
I personally do not see the -k option being given anyplace in the above
command line. So the error makes no sense to me.
Then something is messed up on your machine. There is no '-k' in that
line anywhere. I've been using it on Ubuntu since the 10.04 days.
As I said, linux does NOT have a universal ebook reader.
Calibre will read any format ebook.
The ebooks I have bought, have cost me over $50 so far, and the distros
versions of calibre have yet to read even one of them. So pardon me
for being skeptical while quoting the whole transaction above.
Be skeptical all you want. It works on every machine I've ever
installed it on.
But thanks for the link(s)
The calibre I currently have installed, version unk because it doesn't
have such a critter in its about or help screens, reads a pdf just fine,
but does not even show an e-pub thats present in the same directory.
And it cannot the pdf on deat tree from the pdf w/o a huge waste of
paper and ink, apparently totally ignoring what the printer says it can
do.
It should say down at the bottom of the Calibre main window. Mine says
Calibre 3.12 created by Kovid Goyal.
Been using this for years as a way to organize all my ebooks. It will
also convert the ebook format to the one your other readers use, and
you can upload the ebooks to your Kindle, Nook or other device using a
USB cable from your computer to the reader. Very stable, the
developer is quite responsive to issues, and just for you Gene, it
Just Works. Currently installed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS here in the frozen
water pipe cave.
Mark
I am glad it works for you Mark, but it doesn't work here as anything
but a pretty face pdf /only/ viewer.
Can't help with a broken OS install. What OS and version are you running?
Cheers, Gene Heskett
Mark
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