On Monday 08 January 2018 12:54:32 Mark wrote: > On 01/08/2018 12:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> That version is incredibly ancient. That's pretty much a beta > >> version and close to 10 years old. Have you tried to get a newer > >> version through the software manager? > > > > That is the newest version offered to a wheezy machine. > > So it's an Ubuntu install then. > No, debian wheezy, /etc/issue says debian GNU/Linux 7, about 7.11 I think, uptodate a/o this morning.
> >> I've got it on a 10.04 LTS lcnc install and it works just fine. > >> Must be something you've done with that machine that breaks it. > >> Which wheezy? Ubuntu or Debian? > > > > This is straight from the install image at linuxcnc.org. With lots > > of additions because this machine is the doall machine. 100% updated > > 2 to 4x a week. > > Then something is broken somewhere. There's no reason installing it > from the command line from the Calibre web site should croak and die > like it did, unless something is missing, turned off, or mangled in > the system. I've installed from the command line on 10.04, 12.04, > 14.04 and now 16.04. > > What have you done with the system other than edit and change the lcnc > configuration files? It's quite possible if you were monkeying with > library files something got hosed or there are incompatible lib files > on the system that interact with programs like wget. > > Calibre "Just Works", and has for the last 4 iterations of Ubuntu > software. > > > 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
