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Asked: 2014-10-18 16:16:35 +0800 CST

How to install latest calibre (any package) on Ubuntu?

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If I am installing calibre with apt-get, it installs version 1.25

# sudo apt-show-versions calibre
calibre:all/trusty 1.25.0+dfsg-1build1 uptodate

while it's current version is 2.6.

Is it possible to install newer calibre, staying with apt-get?

14.04

2 Answers

  1. Calibre's website advises against uses the distribution's package for this reason (It's typically outdated/buggy). And I didn't see any repositories with updated calibre, so apt-get wasn't looking like the best option.

    You can use wget, though, to download & install the binaries right from Calibre. Calibre's site instructs you to paste the following command into the terminal to install or update:

    sudo -v && 
  wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | 
  sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"

    Source: http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

    I just did it, and it worked perfectly. And when Calibre tells you there's a new version, you should be able to paste that same thing into the terminal to update. Or you can write a script to do it automatically.

    Is there a reason you wanted to stick with apt-get, other than being familiar with it?

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  2. This means that the version mentioned by apt-get is the latest version in the repositories that are known to it. If you are able to find a newer repo for Calibre, you could add it so apt-get can look for the packages and install it. But please make sure it's a secure/trusted repository!

    Edit: Here is a list on Launchpad with some repositories, but since the official site doesn't mention one itself (at least, I couldn't find it) they're not offical.

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