On Monday 08 January 2018 11:43:23 Mark wrote: > 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. > This one say 0.8.51, obviously a debian assigned number.
> >> 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? The 32 bit wheezy lcnc install. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > Mark > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
